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It’s weird that Barcelona’s final three defeats in La Liga have all come at residence and the truth that it has occurred in back-to-back residence video games solely raises the priority.
Hansi Flick’s aspect have certainly been on a hunch in current months and the defeat to Las Palmas kicked off what has been a horrible run at residence, solely adopted up by losses towards Leganes and Atletico Madrid.
As relayed by Mundo Deportivo in a current replace, that is Barcelona’s third-worst run at residence in a calendar yr because the Blaugrana end 2024 with a staggering 5 defeats at residence.
An undesirable report
Barcelona’s report of 5 defeats at residence over the previous 360-odd days has solely been overwhelmed twice within the historical past of the membership – 2003 and 2021.
21 years in the past, the membership misplaced to Valencia, Juventus, Mallorca, Valencia, Actual Madrid and Deportivo twice, taking the tally to seven defeats at residence that marketing campaign.
Barcelona have had a poor run at Montjuic. (Photograph by Pedro Salado/Getty Pictures)
In 2021, in the meantime, they misplaced six occasions at residence, albeit with the primary three video games being performed with out an viewers owing to the pandemic.
If the statistic of the present yr being the third worst in historical past just isn’t triggering sufficient, the final time Barcelona misplaced three straight video games at residence was 59 years in the past once they misplaced to Valencia, Atletico Madrid and Actual Zaragoza in 1987-88.
The Blaugrana are certainly enjoying at a foster residence at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys and the ambiance is nowhere near the Spotify Camp Nou.
But, followers have turned up in good numbers this season and that can not be an excuse.
With the renovation work at Camp Nou prone to lengthen till the tip of the season, Barcelona will play the rest of the marketing campaign at Montjuic as effectively and should look to show round their state of affairs in 2025.
