The End of an Era

It has been announced today that Frank Rijkaard will be leav­ing Barcelona at the end of this sea­son. After two sea­sons with­out tro­phies, and yes­ter­days 4–1 loss to Real Madrid, Barcelona has opted to ter­mi­nate his con­tract. Tak­ing his place will be for­mer player Pep Guardi­ola. This sum­mer is shap­ing up to be a mas­sive clear­ing out at Barcelona in an attempt to bring back the suc­cess they once enjoyed. While view­ing “el cla­sico” I couldn’t help but notice a bro­ken spirit at Barca. Messi was invis­i­ble for the first part of the game, Valdez seemed to have no con­fi­dence, and Puyol seemed to have trou­ble every time Madrid came for­ward. The scene that for me summed up the feel­ing at Barcelona was see­ing Rijkaard’s look toward the end of the game, almost if know­ing that this was the end for him. Its the end of an era at Barca and who knows what the team is going to look like next season.

I would also like to thank The Gaffer for let­ting me take a shot here. Here’s hop­ing I don’t screw it up.

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