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Barca’s tiki taka lies in ruins, but what next?

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Barcelona's Lionel Messi. [Photo: Reuters]

Barcelona’s worst ever defeat in Europe, an 8-2 mauling at the hands of Bayern Munich, will signal the end of Quique Setien as coach but it feels like the end of more than that.

Setien may not even survive the weekend, but the fact a second sacking in eight months would be the least of Barca’s worries says it all.

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