Leo Messi went back to being alone in attack in the party that more needed the help of his line mates. The Blaugrana team saw on Wednesday night in Paris how their superiority against Paris Saint-Germain did not translate into goals against a spectacular Keylor Navas who even managed to stop the Argentine star a penalty.
Barça's '10' continues to meditate on his future, which he should communicate to the club before the end of the season, because the restructuring of the team will go one way or another in the event that he stays or decides to leave. But regardless of what he decides, what is clear is that Barça needs more effectiveness up front.
Against PSG, the two goals scored by the culé team in the 180-minute tie came from Messi. In the first leg he scored a penalty and in the second leg he scored a sensational goal from afar, but lacked the support of his teammates. In the Parc des Princes, Barça shot more on goal than four years ago when at the Camp Nou they completed the comeback scoring six goals.
Dembélé played a great game in all aspects of the game except for the finish. Up to five occasions the Frenchman had to score, who was a devil looking for the back of the local defenders, whom he surpassed in speed, but his efforts crashed in the final meters.
It is not news that Messi continues to be the team's top scorer, nor is the figure of Luis Suárez missed, that in Europe he showed his deficiencies away from home and that he was a huge scorer already amortized before the economic circumstances of the team. Perhaps the presence of Ansu Fati was missed more, injured since the beginning of the season, who despite his youth has proven to be the player with the most goals in the squad except for the Argentine. Who knows what would have happened on Wednesday if Dembélé's chances had been Ansu.
In any case, Neither Dembélé's solution at the top, which contributes many things, but little effectiveness, nor Braithwaite's, serve for this Barça that little by little is recovering in the fields of game after the tremendous collapse of Lisbon.
Neither does the figure of Griezmann, who He failed again in Paris showing that he is very far from the role of franchise player For any team that wants to command in Europe, it meets these expectations.
It is necessary to get a nine in the market to support this team. If Messi stays, it is necessary, if he leaves, it is essential.