BARCELONA – Leo Messi sat on the podium, well protected from the cold, to witness the latest disaster of a 2020 to forget. The year that started with a disappointing draw (2-2) against Espanyol ended with worse feelings against Eibar.
From Valverde to Koeman, Barça remains lost in mediocrity, unable to link a winning streak that gives them the opportunity to earn the right to consider every opportunity to give up this disastrous role.
In 15 league games, Barcelona has already left 20 points on the road and it is not unreasonable to assume that if the club were not in this interim situation, led by a manager until the January 24 elections (if they celebrated), the figure of Ronald Koeman are highly questioned.
It wouldn’t be at all surprising to assume that the Dutchman could be fired, given some of the figures showing the worst Barça of the past decades. And that outside the scoreboard it hardly offers anything on the field.
Messi will stay with Barça until the end of the season and, he assured in his last television interview, he will decide his future based on the feelings he has in this second part of the season … But given what happened seen, it would be an exercise in generosity. unusual to think that the Argentinian is willing to stay in a club broken on all four sides and wander aimlessly.
Koeman is an interventionist coach. It changes systems, it changes players, it varies schedules, but it doesn’t hit the key. He insistently proves it, but neither the team responds, nor does fortune accompany him … And the team keeps falling with no remission.
When Atlético and Real Madrid beat Getafe and Elche this Wednesday, they already escape ten points above a Barça that gets stuck in the fight with Real Sociedad, Sevilla and Villarreal for the use of a second team, which in their case is a real failure. is.
Barça does not take off. In fact, it drags on because it wasn’t remembered in a league that lost in December. Dreaming about the title is nothing short of a fantasy at the moment. A complete disaster.