Why did Barcelona & Real Madrid suffer huge defeats

When you are away from real competition for a while, you can't expect to be able to compete with teams playing every week matches at a very high level. These teams will be into the game minutes after the kickoff and they will be playing much more seriously since this is what they are doing all year.

And back to our subject this is exactly what happened to the Spanish giants this week at Champions League semis. Bayern were about to score in the first minute of their match against Barcelona before crushing them 4-0 (which could have been worse) and Dortmund dominated their whole match and scored early on in the 8th minute.

Also what we noticed is that Bayern were still on the same level after they went 3-0 up and Heynckes didn't start thinking about making changes by pulling out some forwards and supporting his team's defense but on the contrary they were making more and more attacks until they scored the fourth goal since as I mentioned they are familiar with this pace of games.

As for the other match it was a very similar scenario but Dortmund this time had to deal with another type of pressure which is Ronaldo's equalizer at the end of the first half where they dealt with in the most impressive way you could ever seen. The way Dortmund played in the second half was absolutely stunning and sensational, and for a coach like Mourinho to suffer such a defeat from a team he played twice 3-4 months ago can tell you that Lewandowski, Rues, Götze and especially Klopp were at a very higher level then Mourinho and his players.

So unless La Liga will have more competition in the future and not one team securing the league and the other securing a Champion's League position from the first half of the season, I expect Both Barca and Real will continue suffering in the Uefa Competition which if they both went out next week will be the second year in a raw.