Can Barcelona defend its title this season?
Yes, we are witnessing the hard struggle of the La Liga champions. Barcelona could only win all 3 points against home team Osasuna thanks to a penalty. I wonder how they can play poorly when they have a perfect squad in every position. But no matter what, Xavi and his team won 3 points to continue chasing their great rival Real Madrid on the La Liga rankings this season.
It is a hard question and Barcelona will have bigger challenge from Real Madrid than in the past season. Real Madrid bought some players in the summer and most noticeable Jude Bellingham who has been performing so outstanding for them. Scoring five goals so far for Real Madrid is a very impressive stats from the English midfielder and it looks more similar to a stat for a striker.
Barcelona are not in their best form and their striker Lewandowski still have troubles in early matches. He has yet warmed up enough but we must know that in this season, Lewandowski is one more year older than the past one. Barcelona and Xavi will have to prepare for decreasing performance of Lewandowski in this season or next one or two seasons.