FC Barcelona faces the final stretch of 2024 with the need to radically change its complex present. Against Borussia Dortmund, Atlético de Madrid and Leganés, the Catalans aim to straighten out their obstructed course and close the year with three key victories for their aspirations this season.
To achieve this goal, Hansi Flick's team will have to correct their greatest weakness: the defensive fragility shown this season. In just 6 of the 22 games played so far, the Blaugranas have managed to keep a clean sheet, a performance that contrasts sharply with their effectiveness in attack, where they have scored 50 goals in the first few days of LaLiga and 68 goals in all competitions.
Barça remain vulnerable in defence
In the last 10 games, only against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu (0-4) and Brest at Montjuïc (3-0) have the Catalans prevented Iñaki Peña from falling from the goal, who in his 15 games between the posts has only managed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of them (Young Boys, Brest, Getafe, Alavés and Real Madrid).
A problem that also affects Marc-André Ter Stegen, who before his injury conceded at least one goal in 6 of the 7 games he managed to play this season, only keeping a clean sheet against Valladolid. Worrying numbers that keep Hansi Flick in suspense, who has not yet found the key to ending his team's Achilles heel.