Barcelona’s Spanish season appears so far “tragic” at the local level, floundering in
results and fluctuating in performances, and a ninth position after 10 matches in
the “LaLiga”, a team that used to be always on top, or near it, has retreated.
A scene that prompted the team’s coach, Ronald Koeman, to make statements that
seemed very shocking and pessimistic, in which he considered that the loss to Cadiz
in the team’s last match was a “big step back in the possibility of competing for the title.
We have to see it this way after a match that had a disappointing result.”
But the team’s retreat and the “negativity” of its coach’s statements are not the most important
problem so far. Rather, the “risk” is concentrated in the response of Lionel Messi, the star of the first team,
and the best player in the world 4 times.
Messi, 33, was close to leaving last summer for the “Camp Nou”, and he wanted that desperately,
but in the end, he could not break his “contract restrictions”, so he remained forcibly, presenting
this season with a performance that could be the worst in his career with the Catalan giants.
The newspaper “AS” revealed in a lengthy report that Messi’s performance this season is showing
worrying numbers that may be signs of “approaching the end.”
“AS” quoted “Mundo Deportivo” that “the Argentine flea” lost the ball 29 times during the Cadiz match,
which is a very bad number that does not need comment, especially when he comes from a player with
the abilities and skills of Messi.
The newspaper pointed out that the Cadiz match was no exception, as Messi lost the ball 27 times in
the Alves match, 26 times in the Real Madrid match, and 23 times against Atletico Madrid.
The newspaper pointed out that, during 9 of the total 13 matches in which Al-Barghout defended
the Barcelona shirt this season, he was the most player inside the green rectangle to lose the ball,
a phenomenon that is not understood, which may raise several questions.
Figures that do not bode well and many of the “Blaugrana” fans worry about their team and its first star,
which has been happily ever after for years.
