Winning the European league is s good achievement that alot of other clubs un Frankfurt level try really hard to achieve, alot of clubs with the same level can't even reach the sumi finale and when you see the clubs that wad competing in the quarter final you really wonder how Frankfurt get the title and not Barcelona, liepzig or atalanta
I always doubted that Barcelona would be able to reach the final. For two reasons: first, this competition is not at the level of this great club, it is difficult to motivate the team to compete in this competition. Second, this season was very bad for Barcelona, perhaps the worst season they've had in the last 15 years, so any better prepared opponent had a chance of winning.
I partly agree with you that Barcelona's season has been a failure, but I guess you can only say that about the start of the season. After Xavi took over as coach, things improved considerably that they were able to finish the season in second place in La Liga, even though they were in the middle of the standings for a long time. Let's see how they perform next season in the Champions League.