Barcelona: Why winning La Liga is not enough
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 16 May 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Barcelona's social media biographies read "“La Liga is ours. So is the future.”
But how true is it and how well placed is the club to push on from this first domestic title in four years? Or is this success just a sticking plaster on a broken club?
Mark Chapman is joined by Pol Ballus, Laia Cervello Herrero and Dermot Corrigan to discuss the Catalan club's future.
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| 0:34.0 | The Athletic. La Liga is ours So is the future |
| 0:38.1 | That's Barcelona's social media bio |
| 0:40.6 | But how well placed is the club |
| 0:42.5 | To push on from this first domestic |
| 0:44.2 | title in four years |
| 0:46.5 | Or is this success |
| 0:47.5 | Just a sticking plaster |
| 0:48.8 | On a broken club |
| 0:50.3 | I'm Mark Chapman |
| 0:51.2 | This is the Athletic Football podcast |
| 0:53.4 | I'm Mark Chapman. This is the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 1:10.6 | So we're joined for this one by the Athletics Spanish football writers, Paul Ballas, |
| 1:13.6 | Laia Svela Herrero and Dermott Corrigan. |
| 1:17.5 | Let me start with you, Lyia, because you're at the Champions Parade yesterday for both the men's and the women's teams. |
| 1:19.8 | Was it chaos? |
| 1:21.3 | A little bit to be honest. |
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