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Leo Messi, after marking his two goals against the Athletic of Bilbao

STILL IT IS INDISPENSABLE

The Barcelona still suffers to survive when it is not Messi

Published:14/01/2021 - 17:45h

Updated:14/01/2021 - 19:32h

The FC Barcelona classified "in extremis" to the final of the Supercopa of Spain, leaving clear that Lionel Messi follows and will keep on being fundamental for the team

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The Barcelona has raised the face recently, in spite of the doubtful start of season that starred the team. The performance of several players, as Of Jong, Griezmann and Dembélé has seen exponenciado and, joined to the good moment of Pedri, the presentations of the club have changed radically. But this transformation arose mainly of the drastic improvement of performance that has showed Lionel Messi.

The Argentinian, that began cabizbajo the season, had been showing that it still is missing a lot so that those who give it by finishing please to see it like this, since, in the last five meetings of the Barcelona, had achieved to annotate six goals and deliver a pair of assistances, putting, even, by the fight by the Pichichi, something that at the beginning of the zafra seemed impossible. Beside him, his mates had raised the front, showing the will to show that the staff directed by Ronald Koeman if it is to achieve interesting things.

In front of the Real Sociedad, Messi had to ausentarse, because of the physical annoyances that drags from the party in front of the Granada and although it saw to the Argentinian suffering more than anybody the crash in front of the ones of Imanol Bailiff, the team happened it still worse without him in the terrain of game. Although it could see to a voluntarioso and matured Ousmane Dembélé assuming the offensive leadership, this was not sufficient so that the Barcelona will concretise a victory without an enormous dose of nervousness.

The Catalan team entrusted then to the saint that lately has given him life in the worst moments: Marc-André Ter Stegen, the one who gave a true show in the party in front of the Real. During the party saved clear occasions, like the free shot of Januzaj in the extention and, already in the batch of penaltis, commissioned to avoid the annotation of his rivals in three opportunities, converting like this in the representative of D10s in the party.

It will suffer without Messi in the final?

The FC Barcelona is to a victory to achieve his first title of the season and the first after the disastrous campaign 2019-20, but, to fault of the pertinent proofs, exists the possibility that Messi can not play in the final of the Supercopa of Spain the Sunday, in front of the Real Madrid or the Athletic of Bilbao. Although it wishes qu the Argentinian was of the game and participate in the commitment, it is necessary to prepare for the worst and assume that the possibility of his absence is extremely latent.

It will suffer the Barcelona without his maximum referent once again? The most likely is that if, without mattering which instrument finish being his rival in the party definitorio. By more than Koeman study the party that did his team in front of the Real Sociedad and look for to cover the remarkable holes that arise when Messi ausenta, is impossible that the machine that is the picture culé work well without his best operator, that that does that all the pieces fulfil better his role.