Barcelona and Lionel Messi are just “corpses”

There is a story told by Marca a few days ago. When Messi’s splendid plane landed at Barcelona’s El Prat airport, five officials from the Barcelona tax department boarded the plane to ask Messi … to pay taxes.

It is a “gift” that Messi received after a 15-hour flight. “I was tired of all the affairs” – Messi responded quickly after being chased by journalists at the airport.

It can be said that El Pulga is going through the worst days of his career. There, when everyone seemed to suddenly lean against him.

Not only on the field, on the soccer field, people also see the same lonely image of Messi. El Pulga has spent a completely lonely night at the Wanda Metropolitano. People have seen the most impassive soccer of the Argentine superstar (and Messi) in recent years.

Like it or not, you have to admit that Messi is “seriously unstable” mentally. AS has compared El Pulga to a “body without a soul.” On the surface, Messi lives as the best player in the world but on the inside he is empty …

If you need evidence to see how lonely Messi is against Atlético de Madrid, just look at the numbers. In that match, Messi only touched the ball 72 times. But more alarmingly, he only made exactly 36 correct passes (out of a total of 45 passes). That is an unprecedented low number. And also in that game, El Pulga lost the ball to … 23 times.

That number 23 embodies loneliness. Messi struggled to dribble, but did not receive the necessary support. Of course, El Pulga cannot break the wall of Aletico Madrid alone.

In that loneliness, even teammates against Messi. It is not possible to understand why Ter Stegen and Piqué made such a silly mistake, making Atlético de Madrid a goal much easier than imagined. Barcelona once again failed as the “familiar” path this season.

When he first arrived in Barcelona, ​​coach Ronald Koeman made a bold statement about the youth revolution. And in fact, he did it with more appearances by Pedri, Trincao or Ansu Fati. But the most important thing is that the Dutch coach has not shown any progress compared to his predecessor Setien, even worse.

Like Messi, Barcelona is simply a “body without a soul”, strangely fragile and fragile. The Blaugrana defenders appear names that are not mediocre, but they are too easy to be wrong.

But more tragic in that, Barcelona is too easy to “compromise” with adversity. Anyone waiting for the club’s image to explode after being managed by Atlético de Madrid will be tremendously disappointed. Barcelona is still lifeless as it has shown this season.

In fact, Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman only found himself with a slightly uncomfortable team (and much less with Atlético de Madrid) such as Getafe (lost 0-1), Alavés (drew 1-1) were almost completely defenseless.

Rather, the more in adversity, Barcelona need a blaze to fight. Ronald Koeman was fierce enough to light that fire too. But Messi’s dependence is too great, and the superstar is also in a “shaky mood”, causing the fire to go out.

It is painful for the Barcelona fans to see their beloved club disappear …

H. long