Of covered. With low profile. Almost a victim. Any of the expressions could tag the plane with which he Barça will fly to Lisbon next week to play the experimental final to eight that UEFA has had to improvise against the pandemic. For the first time in many years, the Barça will not come out how favorite. Neither in the bets nor in the sensations. While his rival, Bayern, does not lose a game since the distant 7th of December in Moenchengladbach, and that is already 24 crashes, Setién's team has been full of shadows and insecurity. He Barça is not reliable and the feelings he transmitted in the second half against Naples were terrible. A team with little gas, little confidence and a single plan. Than Messi rescued him.
Be curious to observe the behavior of Barça in this victim situation. The favorite in recent years he has downright bad. Went to Rome almost qualified for the semifinals and took three. Went to Liverpool thinking of catching the European Cup at Wanda and the world shook at Anfield. 4-0. Finally, he was a favorite with feet of clay, as he had already announced years before at the Calderón, the Parque de los Príncipes or the Juventus Stadium in Turin.
And while the Barça had trouble against Naples, Bayern put Chelsea 7-1 on aggregate, with Lewandowski unleashed, Gnabry with “desire” to play already against Barça and a team launched since Hans-Dieter Flick took over the team after the dismissal of Niko Kovac. The legend, Lothar Matthäus, has gone further. “Much has to make a mistake Bayern for lose with Barça“
Messi will have tomorrow the printed holder on top of your lockers. Eye on Barça covered. It's a tired team and something decadent, but with many kilometers on the road. Pique it is life insurance, Busquets and Vidal they will give you a necessary experience point after being low against Naples; and Messi and Suárez they have been hardened in a thousand battles. This may already be a good time for you the Barca do not appear in Lisbon as a team of 'vedettes', fashionable and with the obligation to win and like. Rather, your job will be ex exploit its virtues, even if they go through give up in a way to famous Barça style, the one that Setién promised not to betray until he accepted that the guidelines, today, are set by the players. And the new order is to put lamb skin when there are still wolves left over. Although increasingly tired.