Sell ​​your soul for Messi or regularize Araujo and Gavi?: the hot notes of Barça

It couldn’t be otherwise. The most binary Barça in history had to solve this hinge duel towards the title by closing their goal and cushioning the only goal scored in 380 minutes. It is a special illusion to do so against Simeone, a coach who loves this doctrine. And it becomes imperative to applaud the collective courage of a team built from the ground up, with a colossal goalkeeper and centre-back. Because yes, Ter Stegen knew how to keep the 0-0 at a crucial moment thanks to another championship save. And Araujo washed away all the water that threatened the house with a dominant physique and spirit puyolesc. It is essential that Laporta pulls out of nowhere to regularize the Uruguayan’s new contract and also that of Gavi, another of the giants of this more suffering than brilliant Barça. Once that’s taken care of, move on to the rest.

Sell ​​to buy. The headlines and the flashes of Sant Jordi afternoon at the Camp Nou will be for Ferran Torres, author of a psychological goal that Atlético de Madrid has not been able to overturn. The Valencian was the surprise of a line-up with the well-found De Jong and reciprocated the trust with a precise shot that scared the ghosts of Barça after three games in decline. We will not spoil the small moment of glory of the former City striker, who claimed his name to celebrate the target. But it is equally fair to remember that, in the overall reckoning of the campaign, his role has not lived up to what he was paid for. Thus, if this contribution does not have continuity before the end of the course, Barça must be expeditious in a context in which, returning to the previous paragraph, there are more important pieces that dance. If Ferran does not abandon insignificance, this goal at Atlético must be used to attract potential buyers, and not to give him a third season that he would not deserve.

Wasted talent. It is not bold to say that Griezmann is the best player in La Liga right now. The part of the course he is doing after the World Cup is of a very high level, as he demonstrated at the Camp Nou. Last year it was difficult for him to recover the carats during the transfer that Barça closed with Atlético de Madrid to save his salary. But this year, once his sale to the Madrid club has been confirmed, he is back to what he was. In fact, he reminds us that if he hadn’t had to live with a certain Messi in the Barcelona team, he would have been able to display his talent with fewer corsets. When asked to justify the money it cost, he matched the best in the world in his position. And when, after that fateful August 5, 2021, he could have led Barça’s attack, the club could not afford him. Sad waste. Especially because now they want to explain to us that Messi, almost 36 years old, will return to solve all the problems.

Preventive filing. Without Christensen, the Barça defense has a hole in the left profile of the axis. Xavi tries to fill it with Marcos Alonso and Eric Garcia, but it’s not the same. The patch is particularly noticeable in the case of the Madrid player, a converted full-back who has only played one notable game as a central player, in the Copa Classic at the Bernabéu. With good judgement, the culer coach replaced him with Eric in the second half against Atlético, but Martorell’s doesn’t offer the best guarantees either. It is understood, therefore, that before the possible sale of Christensen to generate fair play financial, Barça will heal with health with Iñigo Martínez, one of the most experienced scorers in the League.