Barca - the Unbeatable Spanish Team that was the greatest among football clubs this season. Since they lost from Hercules on 11 of September they got so many wins and the game they have shown was so tremendous that teams playing against them were considered "heroes" if they conceded less than 3 goals. In the last 3-4 months there was no european team that would have had any possible chance of getting even a point against them. Real Madrid tried to actually play against them and not to defend the whole match but they were unmercifully beaten with 5-0. That Barca was incapable of losing a single point and was the favourite for the all European trophies.
Now the case have changed - you will see why. In Barca's last games there was still this element of innumerable passes along the pitch and pressure throughout the whole match. But fans begin to see that Barcelona is not capable of scoring as much goals as needed for the win and also registered some bad results in their last matches. Another thing is that the star of the team Messi is not in a very good form and even shows very weak form in his last matches. But a tam like Barca cannot be dependent only on 1 player and they show respectively keep on winning. But fans begin to see that Barca is not the team it used to be and that in order to win their most important matches(ex. Barca - Arsenal, second leg play-off, Result 3-1). It all started in England where Arsenal, despite being totally overplayed by Barca, managed to win against them with 2-1. But 2 week later when the second match between the 2 teams was about to decide which one of the teams will continue to the next round, some very doubtful decisions were made by the referee. Massimo Busacca(the referee) that was dealing with this match(referee number 1 in Europe) was giving all he got for the home tam to win. The top decision was the second yellow card of Van Persie for not hearing his whistle. The the result was 1-1 and Barca was unable to score 2 more goals to continue in the next 30 minutes. But after that decision Barca managed to win with 3-1 and qualify for the next stage. Of coarse there were many speculations about it(especially the one that Van Persie was unable to her the whistle for offside because of the noise of the fans in the stadium which was more then plausible). But Barca survived and it was time for the domestic cup match yesterday against Sevilla. Despice the referee support the final score was 1-1 and Real Madrid finally shortened the distance between the 2 teams up to 5 points. This score was another pure example of how weak Barca is at the moment. And if the fans regard their "undefeatable " form to the matches their win in Primera Division against tams like Sporting Gijon and Almeria then they are in big mistake.
So what do you think - Is it Barca still the unbeatable team or is there a weakness in their form?
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