Spanish media analysis of the current situation of Barca in the post-Messi era: playing can not win the strong team! Only the Europa League!

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According to a report on January 31, the Spanish media "Daily Sport" wrote an article analyzing the current situation of Barca in the post-Messi era, and the answer was: Barça can't play to win the strong team! Can only compete for the Europa League! The strong teams here are not the world's first strong teams such as Paris, Bayern and Manchester City, or even the champions league winning favourites, or even liverpool, Chelsea and Real Madrid, which are second only to the first strong teams, but the top four in La Liga, namely: Real Madrid, Sevilla, Betis and Atletico.

Last season, Barca were la Liga's first-class powerhouse. Although they performed badly at the beginning of the season, excluding falling out of the top ten, but with Messi's return, Barca played an unbeaten record in more than a dozen league rounds, and also became the strongest team in early 2021, officially entering the title race in La Liga, and also reversed consecutive promotions in the Copa del Rey and finally won the championship. Unfortunately, Barca later lost the key battle including the national derby, saying goodbye to the title in the countdown rounds.

Now this Barca team can not play not only Real Madrid, but also the defending champions of La Liga this season, Atletico, and even Sevilla and Betis, who have often lost to themselves. According to the Daily Sport's january 31 inventory, Barca have faced the top four in La Liga so far this season, and only 1 of the 12 points they can theoretically get is recorded.

As of January 31, Barca have played 21 rounds of La Liga, winning 9 games, 35 points, and only 9 goals on goal difference. In barca's late Messi era, the defense and midfield have fallen off a cliff, most of the forwards are unreliable, Suarez is too old, Griezmann is not good, Dembele is often injured, Fati is too young, Bryce witt can only break out temporarily, only Messi can hold up the scene. But even so, Barca's attack is the strongest in La Liga and can be ranked in world football. But this season without Messi, Barca have scored 2 goals in 6 Champions League group stage matches, less than half of Messi's in the same period.

This season, Barca without Messi may be like Manchester United with Cristiano Ronaldo, with all four empty. They were eliminated in the Champions League group stage, the Copa del Rey were eliminated, the Western Super Cup was stopped in the semi-finals, and La Liga trailed top Real Madrid by 15 points. But because Barca play in the Champions League, they can also play in the Europa League. Barca could never play in the Europa League in the Messi era, and although they are now weak, playing in the Europa League is also a dimensional reduction blow, so it is regarded as a big favorite to win the title.

After introducing Barca's plight in the post-Messi era, the Daily Sport concluded that in Barca's Messi era, Messi carried Barca forward, covering up all the bad factors. Messi is not valuable to Barca, but it is also the most valuable. As a result, some people say that Barca would be better without Messi, but now Barca rely on all the glory that Messi can compete for, and it is far away.

However, objectively there are two points worth noting: Messi may still return to Barca to retire. Second, Barca have historically been great giants, having had Di Stéfano (although it was a short time, snatched by Real Madrid), Kubala, Maradona, Cruyff, Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and other super giants before they had Messi, in addition to Xavi and Iniesta in messi's era. So Barca without Messi will definitely rise, it's only a matter of time.