Holding on to Piqué

Messi is used to being the center of attention, Suárez scores the goals, Griezmann is eagerly awaited and Ter Stegen's stops always add up, but the proper name of the final stage of Barça in LaLiga is that of Gerard Piqué.

The Catalan central is transcendental in all its actions for the Setien team. Whether on the field, where he is one of the footballers who has played the most minutes, or outside of it. Faced with an institutional and sports management with a discourse that is more than poor, it is the center that marks the line. The P Piqué doctrine ’launched by the player on the third day after confinement regarding the difference in criteria of the VAR compared to Madrid over the other teams has triumphed more than Coca-Cola. He was the first to insinuate a story that was later held by both President Josep Maria Bartomeu and coach Quique Setién.

But beyond his speech outside the field, which on the last day was marked by the arrival to the Camp Nou by bicycle creating a smokescreen that relaxed the atmosphere in the persecution of Real Madrid, his participation on the field is being essential.

The Catalan central defender is in tremendous shape and in the last match against Espanyol he was one of the most outstanding players of the match. Perfect in coverage, quick in corrections and ready to go, Piqué is one of the few reliable constants of the Blaugrana team. And if that were not enough, on Wednesday against Espanyol he knew how to read perfectly the moment when the game was going to break and seek the expulsion of the rival team to make up for Ansu Fati's two minutes earlier to put things back on track.

Of the eight matches played so far after confinement, Piqué has played 90 minutes six times and only in the games against Villarreal and Leganés, when the victory was assured, was he substituted to give him some rest.

The only thing that can stop you is the accumulation of yellow, cause and consequence at the same time of their quarrels with the referees. Piqué has been shown 14 yellow cards so far in the league championship, so he is one to complete the third cycle of suspension. They have shown him so far in the League a card for almost every two fouls committed. In this situation, It is normal to see him comment on the field of VAR interpretations and arbitration proceedings.

Inordinate in all facets, Piqué remains the great bastion that Barça holds on to in their almost impossible crusade to win LaLiga. But as he made clear in his messages on Social Networks, if it is for him, the team will never give up.