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2. Win La Liga and the Champions League
Being a footballer comes with a certain degree of expectation. At FC Barcelona, expectations often turn into obligations.
Barcelona has been the most successful team in Spanish domestic competitions in the recent past, winning an astonishing 7 of the last 10 La Liga titles. With Real Madrid going through a transition phase and Atletico Madrid still coping with a few key departures, Barcelona must ensure that they maintain their dominance in Spain.
The Champions League is a completely different story and is one that no Barcelona fan wants to hear. Gone are the days where Barcelona used to blow teams away with their beautifully unplayable style of passing. The Barcelona of today has unfortunately earned a "choker" tag, and most fans of the club would tell you that choking is only one of Barcelona's many demons in Europe's knockout stages.
Devastating losses in consecutive seasons to AS Roma and Liverpool have left the squad reeling. On both occasions, Barcelona had a sizeable lead in the first leg and toothlessly squandered it away from home. The Liverpool defeat was particularly difficult to digest because the result made it abundantly evident that neither the coach nor the team had learned lessons from the Roma debacle. The tactics of Ernesto Valverde and the dedication a few members in the squad have been continually questioned for more than a season now, and time is quickly running out.
Barcelona has yet again emerged unscathed from the 'Group of Death' in the 2019-20 Champions League campaign, but several chinks in their armor are being revealed with each passing week. Recent performances like the one against bottom-of-the-league Espanyol inspire no confidence whatsoever, and Barcelona has to find a way to put its Champions League demons to bed.
For the first time in ages, Barcelona is not a favorite to win Europe's premier competition, and a monumental effort is required from the coaching staff and the players to make the fanbase hope again.
