It has to be stated that the reason why Barcelona has underachieved in Europe is the fact Barcelona kept sabotaging itself historically through political infighting. Ignore the last 25 years of European runs, can you imagine a club that has had Kubala, Luis Suarez, Cruyff, Krankl, Schuster, Maradona and Laudrup has 1 European Cup to their name, by 2000, you can say 2 of the greatest players of all time (Maradona and Cruyff) played for Barcelona yet Barcelona did not reap the rewards of that due to infighting, instability and stupid decisions.