Re: ⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- Group Stage!
Barcelona must be really contented after playing really effectively against Dynamo Kyiv and defeating them by 1-0. Maybe the final result was not very satisfying for them as it was a win by only one goal. I was happy to see them performing this much good after defeating Valencia too. They are showing a good sign for their future games. And Bayern Munich's defeating Benfica is really good for Barcelona. Because they are only one point away from the second team in the group, Benfica. As long as they keep up the good work, I think that they can promote to the next stage.
What Barcelona needs now, is a good striker like Messi. If not, they'll keep finding it difficult to win matches easily. This is what happens when a whole team focus their hopes and energy on a particular player.
It's gonna take Barcelona big time to form a formidable players force like Messi, Iniesta, and Xavi
Barcelona has huge problems due to large financial debts, poor organization of the club, disturbed relations between players and management, incompetent management etc.
Messi's departure was logical and expected due to all these problems.
Barcelona needs a good striker? Maybe Suarez?
In fact, Barcelona now urgently needs a lot of money to save itself from financial ruin and going into football mediocrity.
They can forget about some great football successes and trophies in the next few years.
It's obvious that Barcelona is not the favorite in the Champions League this year and they are still not sure that they will pass the group stage of this competition.