The success of the Barça in Champions depends on the goals of Messi

It is not the first time that speaks of 'Messi-Dependency', and does not foresee that it was the last. The data, however, reflect a worrisome situation to which the FC Barcelona will have to put remedy during the next seasons, as long as it do not wish to remain deleted one and again of form tempranera in Champions League, as it comes him sucediendo in the last years.

Already they are three consecutive years that the FC Barcelona does not reach the semifinals, four of the last five to exception of the season 2014-15, in which the FC Barcelona of Luis Enrique conquered the tournament and the second triplete of the history of the club. But the quarter-finals are converting lately in an authentic losa for the Barça.

Same pattern in the last eliminations culés

The Athletic of Madrid has deleted him twice in said round during the last years, whereas the Juventus did it the past year and in this 2018 has touched him the turn to the Rome, a rival that in principle seemed the most affordable of all those that could touch him to the FC Barcelona.

But the problem is not that the Barça remain deleted. The problem is that, when it does it, is because it repeats a same pattern: Messi does not mark. Or what is the same: if Leo Messi does not see goal, to the FC Barcelona costs him a world advance in the Champions League.

From the debut of the rosarino in the far campaign 2004/05, the FC Barcelona has conquered the titles of the courses 2005/06, 2008/09, 2010/11 and 2014/15. When the '10' could not keep his capacity realizadora, however, the FC Barcelona fell deleted to exception of the season 2005-06, in which Leo Messi still did not have a big weight in the team.

If Messi does not mark, the Barça remains deleted

Sucedió This Tuesday against the Rome, and carries sucediendo whenever the Barcelona has fallen deleted in Champions League from 2007. The blaugrana need the goals of his maximum star to happen of round, thing that is an authentic problem. And it will have to resolve prompt, taking into account that Leo Messi already has surpassed the treintena of age and, as it is natural, no always will be able to 'save' to the team.

Luis Suárez, Dembélé, Coutinho and the rest of offensive players of the FC Barcelona will have to mark the differences of face to the next parties of Champions to subtract to Messi the load of the goals. The Barcelona already has detected the problem. Now it touches to resolve it.

All the KOs of the Barça from debut of Messi:

2007: it did not mark to the Liverpool
2008: it did not mark to the United
2010: it did not mark to the Ínter
2012: it did not mark to Chelsea
2013: it did not mark to the Bayern
2014: it did not mark to the Athletic
2016: it did not mark to the Athletic
2017: it did not mark to the Juve
2018: it did not mark to the Rome

— MisterChip (Alexis) (@2010MisterChip) 10 April 2018