Xavi Hernández's dismissal put the Champions League final that Barça's women's team won last season in Bilbao at risk. Laporta, at an inopportune moment, took his girls out of the spotlight to focus it on the Terrassa coach just hours before the final.
But they're very good and Barça won the San Mamés final against Olympique Lyon, thus adding their third Champions League title.
Disappointment in the women's team over the parade they weren't invited to
This season Laporta has done it again. He shed many tears with his girls in Lisbon after the defeat against Arsenal, but he knew he had his team turned away.
Two years ago, when Xavi's Barça won LaLiga, the club organized a parade through the streets of Barcelona to celebrate. The girls from the women's team participated as protagonists, and as usual, they'd won everything.
It was a very important day for Barça's women's soccer team, who felt treated with the same honors as the men's team by sharing the bus during the parade.
The players expected similar treatment this year. It's not news that they win everything. The fact that the men's team achieved three titles is something to celebrate.
A forgetfulness that affected the focus of Barça's players
That day, no one remembered them, champions of LaLiga, the Supercopa, one step away from winning the Copa, and on the verge of the Champions League final.
The disappointment was huge in Pere Romeu's locker room. Barça's players felt ignored by the club and went to Lisbon to face the final with that thorn in their side.
Then, on the field, nothing worked for them in the most disastrous match they've had in recent years. The truth is that Laporta and his board did little to make sure they arrived in Lisbon with their usual motivation.
An unforgivable oversight that, without a doubt, affected the focus of Barça's players, who still can't find an explanation for their disappointing match.
Obviously, Barça didn't lose the Lisbon final because the girls didn't participate in the parade. But it didn't help.