The nightmarish Groundhog Day scenario that keeps plaguing Barcelona

Photo by Alex Caparros - UEFA/UEFA via Getty ImagesUpon watching young superstar Kylian Mbappe singlehandedly tear this Barcelona defence to shreds, and yet another capitulation from the club in football’s biggest stage at the hands of PSG, many emotions will have been going through Barca fans’ minds. Surprise, though, was not one of them.

As much momentum as the team had built, as good as Messi was playing lately, and as much as we didn’t want to believe it, we all saw this coming. After all, what else could we anticipate seeing from a team that has delivered consistently woeful performances in the Champions League for the past five years?

The harsh reality is that results like this, as…