Barcelona now needs a perfect run in the Champions League to avoid ending a season without a major title for the first time in six years.
Real Madrid dethroned Barcelona as Spanish league champion on Thursday when it clinched its record 34th Liga trophy. Madrid secured the title with one round to go after it beat Villarreal 2-1 and Barcelona lost 2-1 to 10-man Osasuna.
"I said it some time ago, that playing like this we had no chance of winning the Champions League, and it turns out we didn't even have enough to win la Liga," Messi said. Barcelona scored a league-leading 81 goals-- with Luis Suarez, Antoine Griezmann, Ansu Fati, and Arturo Vidal combined for 36 goals-- but there was clearly a problem of team chemistry.
So, out when Valverde and in came Quique Setien, a coach who had long declared his love for Barcelona's style.
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