Barca is Missing their Messiah!

The Blaugrana are still leaders in La Liga with three points ahead of archrival Real Madrid but the last two games show they are Messi-dependant.

Since Messi’s departure to Argentina due to injury Barca has been struggling in their attacking form. In the last two games in which they lost against Ajax in the Champions League and Athletic Bilbao in La Liga respectively show how Barca has lost their compass and now they find themselves looking for answers.

Well! The answer is clear, they are missing key players that provide the rhythm that break the opponent’s defense. It is not only Messi that is missing in action. It is clear that Jordi Alba and Dani Alves as well as starting goalkeeper Victor Valdes are game changers who are not playing due to injury.

Valdez injury is a big blow for the Blaugrana. He has made great saves this season that have helped the team walk away with three points. There is no doubt that Barca will be a different team in January when those fantastic players step back in the pitch to make the difference.

Let’s not forget that Messi in a good day can score goals even with his ears!

Neymar has been criticized for not finding the net as much as expected since Barca paid a huge sum for the Brazilian star. But he is still in the learning process, the ball rolls a little bit faster than what he was used to, and for a 21 year old playing for an elite team in Europe he is not doing too bad. His time will come.

Barca needs to run faster!

But so much is expected from Barca; a team that has only been beaten once this season in La Liga. Perhaps because the way they have been beaten! Though they only lost by the minimum; fans know that the team is not synchronizing well. Their passes were intersected, their speed lasted twenty minutes in their last match and they were not able to create many chances of goal.

It is good for La Liga to shake things up for the title race. La Liga has been predictable because it has been either Barca or Madrid that takes title home. But this season Atletico de Madrid has been showing up as a strong contender and a clear candidate to take the crown. This clearly puts a different spin compared to previous seasons and now the title race is formed by a trident of strong teams that will not give up easily in the next games to come.