In the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals, Barca were forced to draw 0-0 at home by Galatasaray, and the team's attacking end was even more disappointing. Barca was once known as the cosmic team, even if Messi leaves the team, the team should not have such a downturn this season, who will predict that Barca will be fourth in the league before the season, the Champions League is out to play the Europa League, and often lose points, so for Barca at present, the most important thing is to improve the efficiency of the offensive end, while strengthening the defense line, there are not many ways to face the iron barrel barca, which is also the most urgent thing to solve at present.
Looking back at the games in which Barca have lost points since the beginning of the season, the league 1-1 away to Bilbao, the Champions League home defeat to Bayern 0-3, the two consecutive league draws are 1-1 Granada at home and 0-0 away to Cadiz. The first two-game losing streak was 0-2 Infica in the Champions League and a return to the league away to Atletico 0-2, both of which were the most subdued periods of zero goals and are also considered to bottom out. However, the team suffered two consecutive defeats for the second time in two consecutive wins, the team lost 1-2 at home to Real Madrid, 0-1 Vallecano away, whether it is Benfica or Vallecano are mid-range teams, Barca has been clean sheeted by weak teams, which shows that the team has many problems.
There were also four winless games during this losing streak, and after two consecutive defeats, the team also won 2-2 Osasuna away from home, the friendly 3-5 Boca Juniors, and the last game of 2021 Barca drew 1-1 away to Sevilla. Entering 2022, the team achieved three unbeaten records, achieved a record of 2 wins and 1 draw, and then broke down again for three winless games, and the team drew 1-1 away to Granada, and the team obviously did not have a good enough response to be forced to draw twice by the opponent. Then Barca experienced the third two-game losing streak of the season, the team lost 2-3 to Real Madrid and Bilbao in the West Super Cup and copa del Rey, which is indeed a humiliating battle, the team then only the league and europa league cup can compete, but this round against the weak team actually lost points again.
Barca have maintained a record of 9 unbeaten matches since the exit of the Barca Cup, including 3 draws, the team 2-2 Espanyol away, the Europa League 1-1 napoli at home, and the current round 0-0 Galatasaray. After Barca drew with Napoli in the first leg, they advanced 4-2 away from home in the second leg, and after another draw in this round, they will play Galatasaray away on March 18, and if they lose, they will be out, so that the team will only have the league to compete for the title. However, according to the gap between the current fourth place and the top team, it is inevitable that all four will be empty this season.
Barca currently have 48 points in 26 league rounds, Real Madrid have 63 points in 27 rounds, and if Barça wins the supplementary game, the point difference with the top team is also 12 points, and the possibility of winning the championship is indeed unlikely, because there are still 11 rounds in the league, unless Real Madrid loses Barca in a row to have the opportunity to chase points and replace them. Real Madrid has recently frustrated Paris in the Champions League promotion, the morale of the team has improved, and the substitution of the manager is extremely in place, so the chances of the Galaxy winning the league this season are very high.
In this Europa League draw, Barça data is dominant, 15 shots on goal 4 shots failed to break the goal, Galatasaray 3 shots only 1 shot on goal, corner 13 to 1, the advantage of data has not changed anything, which is also the team's biggest problem at present. Depay and De Jong created some threats, the former also received a yellow card for a foul, Ferran Torres wasted some opportunities, in the second half Aubameyang's header did not top the ball is also a bit absurd, at the end of the game Aubameyang barb shot failed, De Jong cushion shot at the neutral column is a pity, this is also the closest to the second half to score. Barca then almost conceded a goal, but thankfully Gomi's one-handed ball was offside.
Barca came off the bench for De Jong, Depe, Traore, Ferran Torres, Pique, Busquets, Aubameyang, De Jong and Dembele, and Dembele came on as half-time to replace Ferrantore, Araujo and Nico, but making such a quick adjustment did not reverse the inefficiency on the offensive end. Galatasaray's Gomi came in the second half and his threat really blew the Barca goalkeeper's heart away. Dembele was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, but he missed some offensive opportunities, he came off the bench with 3 shots on goal, 1 threatening pass, 28 passes with a success rate of 78.57%, in addition to 9 passes, 1 foul. The starting Ferento reiss has 13 passes, a pass success rate of 61.54%, 1 pass, 1 foul, his performance is indeed worse, because in addition to the lack of shooting threat, his dribbling mistakes are more heinous, which is also a problem that should not appear.
Barca coach Xavi also has some light enemies, so he sent some non-main players, but the result was a draw, the key moment substitution is very decisive, but there is a big gap between the prediction and the effect, which is indeed what the manager needs to reflect. Barca will next sit at home against Osasuna at 4 a.m. next Monday, March 14, and the opponent is currently ranked 11th in La Liga with an average record, but the Barca manager still pays more attention to the league record.
Barca currently have one point more point than fifth-placed Real Betis and will also give up a fourth place if any draw or loss, and if the playoffs can be won smoothly, the point advantage can be extended to four points, then maybe the manager will not be so nervous. Osasuna has won 2-1 Villarreal away from home, 0-0 Real Madrid this season, 2-2 at home to Barca, and 1-0 at home to Villarreal in the last round of the league, although there are only a few games in the upset, it is not easy for Barca to win smoothly and complete revenge.