Ali Moreno

That the game was over by halftime, which then allowed him to rotate the team.

It became a glorified training session in the second half, which then, again, it gives

Hansi Flick the freedom to rest on people and to worry about what's going to be a far more competitive game on Sunday.

And I think we all understand that.

But if you're Hansi Flick and you're Barcelona, you're not upset at all that Atleti Clu did not show up.

That's on them.

The responsibility of Barcelona is to take advantage of the opportunities that were afforded to them by Atleti Clu.

And they did so time and time and time and time again.

So if I'm a Barcelona fan, yes, don't get ahead of yourself in terms of

This is not going to be the game that we're going to see on Sunday.

But be excited about the fact that you were controlling a match and that you were not only in full control of the match, but that you took advantage of opportunities, which hasn't quite been the case against Villarreal late in the year and then against Espanyol last weekend, in which they were not in control of games, in which there was an element of good fortune in terms of how those games went.

And Joan Garcia had to come up with say, today,

5-0, every bit of 5-0, it was a backside whooping, so reason to be excited.

I don't know why Barcelona's number one fan, Luis Garcia, cannot just enjoy the night.

No, because Hansi Flick told us in the pregame that he hasn't trained in three days.

So you ask the player, how are you feeling?

Have you gotten past your stomach discomfort?

If indeed he's ready to play, you want him to get some minutes so that he gets some sweat going, so that he gets his lungs going once again, so that he gets the legs going.

so that he gets the trip out of his legs all of those things are important and he it's not like he played 45 minutes it's not like he played 60 minutes he was out there for 20-25 minutes which is essentially just hey just get out there and touch the ball get some touches on the ball get a sweat going stretch your legs a little bit it's what what he would have done in a training session and so absolutely no issues whatsoever and mind you

He wasn't in any risk of an injury because Atleti Club were nowhere near actually challenging anybody or getting close to Barcelona at any point.