Remember when marcelo tried to end Cesc's career and tito got his eye poked by Mourinho.
They both got reds but suspensions carried over only in supercopa. Is that still like that or was that a Madrid rule and is he now suspended for 3 matches in la liga as well.
Who would give the pass or play 1/2's then? Cause of our slow build up we always face a double bus every match looking to counter quikly.
Its hard to get into scoring positions.
The leaving for Inter Miami with Suarez in 2022 seems plausible. He could join after that winter world cup, take 2 months off and start a new MLS season.
Then he would be 35 by the time he leaves Barca and could easily destroy MLS for 3 more years.
Back in the day when we had better players it was. Think milan and psg games in 2013.
Quality difference is too mich nowadays though. allthough I get the sentiment. I feel Iniesta always was a player that stepped his game up when we needed it in big games.
Or the team is good when Messi is good? When did barca ever play great with him being terrible?
Nowadays its more that we are good vs average and bad sides when Messi is good and bad otherwise.
Vs strong teams we suffer due to quality difference but can ocassionally perform better than...
Messi is used to players knowing him and cutting the ball back to him.
Braitwaithe did what those Argentina strikers always do, shoot with the blinders on.