Quote from: MarjorieZimmermanGinger on Today at 05:44:23 AM

Quote from: mamesso on Today at 03:33:46 AM

I still don't understand what is happening to Barcelona, they are superior against the strong teams, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Dortmund have been their victims this season, but they are weak against the small teams. Facing Atletico is a tough challenge for Barcelona, they are certain to be without Lamine Yamal who suffered a right ankle injury against Leganes. Lewandowski also appeared limp when his team lost to Leganes, this condition is very disadvantageous when facing Atletico who have won 6 consecutive games in La Liga.

Maybe some of the factors that made Barcelona look so weak in their last match were due to fatigue which caused the team's performance to decline slightly. Facing Atletico Madrid will certainly be a little more difficult without Lamine Yamal and may force Barcelona to appear more careful. Atletico Madrid are on a positive trend so facing them in their current condition will be a big challenge. Barcelona must win the match if they want to stay in first place in the standings, but if you look at the opportunities, maybe a draw is much more likely to happen because Atletico Madrid are also in a fairly favorable condition.

I think the busy schedule and poor squad depth are the reasons why Barcelona is starting to lose its consistency at the moment, Hansi Flick continoue to play their main players in every match both UCL, La Liga and other competitions they have participated in so far,without any players rotation to maintain the performance of their main players, I think the defeat to Osasuna in the previous week 8 has been an experience for Hansi Flick who currently seems to no longer try to rotate players even in matches against weak teams, so that in the end the physical condition of their players has decreased at this time, the match against Atletico Madrid will be a big challenge for them, in addition to having to maintain their dominance over Atletico Madrid so far, of course the match will put their position at stake as the top of the La Liga standings.