The recent 0-4 and 2-5, with a title at stake, still sting among Real Madrid's media spokespersons. Last night, on El Chiringuito, Josep Pedrerol and Edu Aguirre reacted with anger to Barça's access to the Champions League semifinal.
They claim that Barça has had an easy Champions League and that the eighth in the German league embarrassed them. The eighth in the German league was last year's Champions finalist, and no one labeled them that way.
First Defeat in 2025 and They Rush to Tear Barça Apart
They talk about embarrassing Barça and ridicule those who didn't dare to express themselves in those terms with the 3-0 at Fly Emirates. Barça did their homework in the first match and simply defended the 4-0 in the second. The one who has to resort to a comeback is yet to be seen.
Pedrerol and Edu Aguirre confirm that Barça is the most demanding club in the world. It's not enough to play well and win; they have to dominate. If not, it's ridicule or embarrassment.
They hadn't lost in 2025. 24 matches, 20 wins, and 4 draws. They lose the first one, and the blood drips from their fangs.
Meanwhile, they debate, dream, and get excited about how today's 4-0 from Real Madrid to Bayern will be.
They live off that, selling smoke. Guaranteeing that Real Madrid will eliminate Arsenal based on history books.
They transfer their frustrations to Barça. Laporta says that Barça hasn't won anything, and Pedrerol already wins, by royal decree, matches that Real Madrid hasn't played.
"The Eighth in the Bundesliga Embarrasses Them"
It wasn't at Barça where they started the season talking about a treble. Or does Pedrerol no longer remember what Real Madrid promised after signing Mbappé, "the best player in the world" (?).
"If the eighth in the German league embarrasses Barça, Madrid can eliminate Arsenal. And they will." That's how Josep Pedrerol started the latest El Chiringuito.
He added: "The Barça fan should be happy about the qualification, but saying; 'we're no longer favorites.' That the eighth in the German league shoots 11 times on goal and you twice... That the eighth in the German league embarrasses you is a wake-up call...
That thing about us being here and having won everything... It seems that here, listening to some comments, everything has already been won. And Laporta was right to remind that Barça hasn't won anything. Madrid eliminated, so that's it, Barça advances easily...
I was talking to Barça fans, and they told me: 'the comeback will be today.' The Barça fan is a bit like that: 'Oh, they're going to score on us'.
Edu Aguirre Talks About Barça's Ridicule
Edu Aguirre bought into the script where they talked about the eighth team in the Bundesliga. The same one that excited Madrid fans on the eve of the 3-0 in London.
The same one that was convinced Madrid would give a recital at Fly Emirates, gets demanding with Barça. "They've made a fool of themselves," he says.
That's how he explained it last night: "For the players, it's a clear wake-up call. It's Europe, and Europe has shown its cards. It's a lesson in humility.
A wake-up call for the 20-year-old youth players who are giving their all and have fulfilled and are fulfilling their dream.
Lesson in Humility for Barça
A lesson in humility for those who go around giving lessons on what playing soccer is. For those who go around giving lessons that they are favorites for the treble. And for those who go around saying it's the best soccer in Europe.
For those who laugh at how poorly Real Madrid plays. Barça today has come close to ridicule. They've been this close to being knocked out by the eighth in the Bundesliga.
Barça's Champions League is being quite easy. In the round of 16 against Benfica and now Borussia.
It shows that the youngsters lack a bit of experience, a strong mentality at certain moments. It's something that experience and being battle-hardened in the Champions League give you. And Barça doesn't have it.
Let's see Barça in the semifinals or in the final against Bayern, Inter, or in the final against whoever they face. But Barça today has come close to ridicule, and there's nothing wrong with saying it. Here there's nothing wrong with Barça, here it's not said, we're in the semifinals."
"Barça Is Vulnerable"
Here Barça has done what they've been doing for the last ten years, which is not winning a Champions League. The balance in Europe is always more negative than positive.
I keep saying that this Barça doesn't inspire confidence in me. It seems like a pretty vulnerable team."
Curiously, the argument of a clear exponent of what it is to boast about results without accompanying play. The result, above all: adding Champions. Barça is in that, and it makes them furious.
Barça is vulnerable, something Edu Aguirre didn't see in Real Madrid at Fly Emirates. As he rightly says, there's nothing wrong with saying it.
Why doesn't Edu Aguirre say that Real Madrid is forced to a comeback for showing vulnerability in London... despite their experience and despite having the supposed "best player in the world"?
It seems that Barça was eliminated from the Champions League in Dortmund. But no. And that hurts many.