In spite of golear in the meeting of gone, gave the worst possible stage in the party of turn of the quarter-finals of the Champions League: the Barça played his worst party of the season and failed when easier had it. The Barcelona went out desubicados in front of a Rome that believed from the first minute that the traced back was possible.
During the last weeks already there were indications that the FC Barcelona did not go through his best moment. The team had showed some symptoms of weakness, so much in League as in Champions League. Finally, the fact to flirt with the European fire finished burning to the Barcelona.
Four indicators that something did not go well in the Barça
Messidependencia
In front of the Rome went back to remain showed that the inspiration of Leo Messi is the differential factor of this FC Barcelona. If the Argentinian star does not appear, the offensive arguments of the Barcelona team reduce to a stroke of luck. It is not the first time neither will be the last that the team no carbura if the '10' does not have the day, remaining showed in too many occasions in the present season.
Wear of the players
Ernesto Valverde has changed radically the strategy of Luis Enrique regarding the system of rotations: if with the Asturian were constant in almost each party, with the extremeño have reduced substantially. Something that has added reliability to the team in the parties against affordable rivals but that has finish paying in the key party of the season. It jumps in sight that to the team is missing him physical freshness.
Game little flowed
From it does several weeks has done evident that the Barça is not a so reliable team as to principle of season. It has lost defensive solidity, something that was the base of the Barcelona path in the present campaign. On the other hand, the offensive game of the team also has seen resentful, maybe like consequence of the mentioned physical wear. In the gone goleó, but the game left a lot that wish regarding occasions of danger.
Without inspiration out of house
The big pending subject of the FC Barcelona from does time is the little forcefulness of the team far of the Camp Nou. It happened the past season, with goleadas in the field of the PSG (4-0) and of the Juventus (3-0). With Valverde neither has improved the thing, empatando in front of the own Juventus in liguilla, in front of Chelsea in eighth and, of Rome, better neither speak. The Barça no longer scares out of house.