“Messi is towing the car,” “there are exiles

Barcelona can be content with one thing this season – Leo Messi continues to take it all on himself and simply leads the Catalans back to the championship race. After his wonderful double at 0-3 over Elche in the rematch of the 20th round of La Liga, the headlines focused mainly on Flea.

“It is clear that Messi is no longer 25, but his numbers are still amazing,” read a column on the website about the Argentine, who raised his balance to 18 at the top of the pitch table. Aichi, “In the midst of a soulless season, Messi is the only one keeping the team, which is in a managerial, economic and sporting crisis. After the loss to Paris Saint-Germain, there are those who try to wonder if Messi is the problem. He is not really the problem, but his teammates. ”

The Catalan ‘Mundo Deportivo’ reads – “There are goals – there is a league”, where they are optimistic about the championship fight, with Barcelona now only five points away from Atletico Madrid, which lacks a game.

But even there, the flea was the center of attention. “Barça’s brand, it’s Messi,” it read, “just have to look at his last seven games, he scored 11 goals, half the amount the whole team scored.”