Barca have scored at least once in 18 years: it's not surprising to expect Depay to be the top player
In this round of La Liga, Barça lost to Betis in their own turf, after 15 rounds of the league, Barca has fallen behind Real Madrid by 16 points, and now let's not talk about the league championship, even if the Champions League qualification, it is very difficult for Barca. This ranking is Barca's lowest in the last 18 years, in addition, the team's goals are also the lowest in 18 years, it can be said that Barca's current dismal record has a lot to do with the team's lack of offensive strength.
As of the end of the match against Betis, Barca now scored only 23 goals and 23 goals in 15 rounds, the fewest goals scored by Barca since the 2003-2004 season, when Barca had only scored 19 goals in 15 rounds, and 18 years later, the team has encountered such an embarrassing situation again.
The reasons for Barca's current goal difficulties are also more complicated, but it is not difficult to understand. On the one hand, the departure of Messi and Griezmann and others has caused great trouble to the strength of the team, and perhaps Barca should indeed send Messi and others away from a financial point of view, but this will inevitably cause great losses to the strength of the team. In turn, most of the players left by Barca are very average, these players are mediocre, although they may also have some goals, but regardless of the number or efficiency, compared to the previous Barça forwards, there is a big gap.
Barca's most goals scored so far this season is Depay, a player who is actually very average in ability and level, but because Barca have no one to use in the forward line, they can only count on him, he has 8 goals, but he has not scored in the Champions League. The current position of this striker in Barca can also reflect the real level of Barça now, that is, the level of complete degradation into a second-rate level. The second most is Fati, a player who, although talented, is in a really bad physical condition, and he has only scored three goals so far this season. In addition, Brycevette, Roberto and Coutinho all scored 2 goals each, while the others scored 1 goal.
From this distribution of data, it can be seen that Barça now lack a really capable big-name striker, their goals are very scattered, and the number of goals scored by others except Depay is indeed unspeakable. In addition, the team's reinforcement strategy this summer is also very problematic, the introduction of F Dejong and Aguero and others, are only 1 goal, and most of the time are in the recovery, or excluded by the coach in the starting lineup, these players are not inherently trustworthy.