Barca fell at the final hurdle after losing out in the Spanish Super Cup semifinal. Barcelona fell asleep in the second half and Atletico took advantage of this to win the game (2-3).
Barcelona's lazy defending in the goals was more than evident. Umtiti, who paired with Pique, was scalded badly by Barcelona critics.
Without going much further, Ernest Folch made several digs at him for his lack of play in the semifinal. "Umtiti was beaten in every Atletico attack and this is an issue of planning," he said to 'RAC 1'.
The director for the newspaper 'Sport' was very critical and did not mince his words during this discussion: "Somebody explain what is the point of him being there?".