Spanish football is staggering in Europe

By Juanma Sanchez – Europe has given Spain a football lesson. And it’s not the first time this course has done it. Because this season, with few exceptions, the national product is devalued every time it leaves the country. There are still teams to cling to and you can even win a continental league, but one thing is clear: it is not what it used to be.

In the Champions League there is only one survivor: Real Madrid. And that the round of 16 is not over yet. In the Europa League, dipped in the same round, Barcelona already fell and last night two teams were mortally wounded: the Royal Society in Rome And He Real Betis in Manchester. at this match Seville is savedand in the Conference League, Villarreal. No trace of Atlético de Madrid.

In the quarter-finals it will be necessary to count the Spanish teams, but unless the epic takes place in the second leg, the data could be worrying. In fact, it already is when you look at maximum continental competition: Four German, four English, three Italian, two Portuguese, one Belgian, one French and one Spanish teams started the round of 16.

And it is in the battle of the ‘orejona’ where, due to history and potential, there should be quite a few LaLiga teams. Something that is already irreversible this year. The reliability of Ancelotti’s men in the continental elite and Sevilla’s idyll with the Europa League are the reasons why Spain can still dream of success away from home; For the rest, it is a lesson in self-criticism and that the hopes of an entire country are not in the hands of just two teams at this time of year.