Barcelona are now 10th in La Liga after losing to Atlético de Madrid on Saturday night.
It was a miserable night for Ronald Koeman’s team, which fell 1-0 at Wanda Metropolitano.
Whatever Marc-Andre ter Stegen is thinking about Yannick Carrasco’s goal in the first half, we’ll never know. The Barcelona goalkeeper ran out of his goal to find a long pass, but Carrasco cut the ball off him and fired into an empty net.
There was no magic from Lionel Messi, who has scored just one goal in open play in La Liga this season.
It is quite possible that this will be the Argentine’s last season at Camp Nou, and it may end in an extremely disappointing way.
Unlike in previous seasons, the 33-year-old is not up to the task of leading Barcelona.
And it’s not just on the pitch where Messi doesn’t seem interested.
The media was made to wait for a Barcelona player to speak full time, but it was not Messi who finally appeared. It was not Ter Stegen or Jordi Alba or any of the older players on the team.
Instead, 17-year-old Pedri from Barcelona came over to meet the press.
It would have been good if one of Barcelona’s leaders took responsibility at this difficult time. But they stepped out of the spotlight and left it to a teenager.
Messi and his teammates have been heavily criticized on social media for the decision.
One fan wrote: “Messi, Piqué and the other Barcelona captains sent Dest, a debutant who did not speak Spanish, to face the press after his defeat in El Clásico instead of acting as leaders and today they sent their new young man 17-year-old Pedri in his first game. vs Atlético after this defeat ”.
Another added: “Atleti beat Barcelona and the only one who shows up to face the media is the teenager Pedri.
“What a disgrace the club has become.”
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More than a club? It doesn’t feel like that.
Pedri’s quotes were translated by @barcacentre.
“We were not very successful in scoring, as has happened in the last few games, and the goal in the 45th minute hurt us,” he said.
“We knew this could happen to us, we have to keep improving.
“The League is still long and I think we can compete.”
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