With nothing to play for other than their pride and perhaps their place in the squad next season, it was a foregone conclusion that the players would take their feet off the gas in the match against Villarreal.
One shouldn’t really be overly critical on a night when it just didn’t matter what happened as the job had already been done beforehand.
It was no surprise to see Ousmane Dembele dropped either.
The Frenchman was always going to have Barca singing to his tune whether or not he decided to extend his deal, for the simple fact that he had been the club’s most important player in the second half of the season.