An unrecognizable Barcelona playing to secure the League

No matter how many days pass, the matches are lined up one after the other and the picture of the team repeats itself, it’s hard to get used to this Barcelona. Because it’s hard to remember a Barça team that plays like this. What happened last Thursday at the Bernabéu, when everyone was hanging on the crossbar, was already the best. But in the other matches, it was not that team that made us happy. And that means that it reaches you in Spain, but not in Europe. As you can see.

Against Valencia it was more of the same. They don’t have a flashy game because they don’t have uneven players, and because of that the opponent loses respect for them. In this match, he had the opportunity to close the game, but not because of his game, but because Valencia is not there to get excited either. Not much less.

In this case, the circumstance occurs that the opponent still had those football players who make a difference on the wings, one on one. But I lack the information to find out if they are not doing this because the coach is on the bench for a short time and they are still in the process of adaptation or because the style that he wants to impose on the team without those qualities forces him to do it. Thus, the Levantine team was too predictable both in defense and above all in attack, which did not worry Barcelona. Not even sending Araújo off with half an hour plus added time left did Rubén Baraja’s side do the damage that might have been expected of this puny Catalan side.

Despite everything, I think he has the League in his pocket. And why if I say he’s not unbalanced and I don’t like him, I admit he’s going to be champion? Well, because as bad as he is doing, he knows how to manage the results. Contrary to the discourse that has been ingrained in Barcelona for years and that Xavi was responsible for repeating a thousand times, it appears that they have found such a good advantage that now they just try to take as little risk as possible, secure matches and add points that allow you to win the championship. Unfortunately, I think the rest of the season will be like this: a team that plays only to not make mistakes.