Many European clubs disappointed their fans during 2020, and the year was a nightmare for some of them, as is the case for Barcelona, who went out without titles, and a resounding scandal that his fans will not forget when he fell 2-8 in the European Champions League against Bayern Munich.
5 clubs that disappointed their fans in 2020
In the following report, we review the conditions of the 5 European clubs that disappointed their fans the most in 2020.
Arsenal
Arsenal presented one of the worst years since its founding in 1886, and its start in the English Premier League was the worst since the 1974/75 season, knowing that it is currently ranked thirteenth.
In the first 7 games for Arsenal in 2020, the team won 3 times, drew 4, and in the last 7 games of the year it won 3 times, tied once, while losing 3 times.
intermilan
Hopes were high at Inter Milan during the year 2020, especially with coach Antonio Conte, but the team finished second in the Italian league behind Juventus, and lost in the European League final, while it said farewell to the Italian Cup in the semi-finals.
And this season, Inter Milan scored disappointing results, leaving the group stage in the Champions League, by occupying last place in their group.
Inter Milan's exit from the Champions League group stage left a great deal of grief in the team, especially since the hopes were high. CalcioMercato reported that Antonio Conte's relationship with Inter Milan had collapsed, and that the Nerazzurri administration no longer considered him the leader of the club's project in the coming years, despite his contract. Ongoing until June 2022.
Manchester United
Manchester United have continued their mixed results since the resignation of their historic coach Alex Ferguson in the summer of 2013.
Despite the good start of the Norwegian coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with Manchester United, he has not been able to maintain his brilliance since keeping him as coach of the team, as Manchester United achieved good results against strong teams, but he usually follows these good results with negative ones.
Manchester United did not qualify for the group stage in the Champions League last season, and this season he was banned from the group stage to head to the European League, where he won 3 times and lost the same.
Manchester United couldn't qualify for the semi-finals in three competitions in 2020.
Manchester City
Manchester City have been a fiercely competitive team since his contract with Spanish coach Pep Guardiola in the summer of 2016.
But in 2020 Manchester City won one title and was in the English Professional League Cup, the third consecutive title for the team in the tournament.
Manchester City lost the Premier League title to Liverpool, while it lost to Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final.
In the UEFA Champions League, Manchester City won out of the quarter-finals by losing 1/3 to Lyon.
Manchester City qualified for the Champions League final price this season, but the team ranks eighth in the English Premier League after playing 14 games, and the star-studded team won only 7 games, tied 5 times, and lost twice.
Remarkably, Manchester City players scored only 21 goals in 14 Premier League matches, while the team conceded 12 goals.
Barcelona
Barcelona lived a disappointing year in every sense of the word in 2020, as the Catalan team failed to climb to the podium for the first time in 13 years, specifically the 2007/2008 season.
Barcelona 2020 opened with a 2/3 loss to Atlético Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup, then bowed out to Athletic Bilbao in the quarter-finals of the Spanish Cup, failing to retain the title for the fifth consecutive time.
The big blow for the Catalan club was a 2/8 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-finals, a loss that caused the dismissal of Quique Setien, and then months after the resignation of the team management headed by Josep Maria Bartomeu.
With Ronald Koeman appointed, Barcelona did not achieve a big leap, losing 4 times, drawing 4 times, while winning 7 times in 15 games, and the team ranks sixth.
Barcelona are 10 points behind leaders Atletico Madrid, who have played a lesser game.
Barcelona legend Lionel Messi poured fuel on the fire when he asked to leave the team, free of charge, last August, and despite his failure to leave the team, Barcelona will have a date with the worst, in June 2021, when Messi's contract expires.
Messi refuses to decide his future with Barcelona, with speculation that he will leave the French and English league, with the American League not excluded.