Leo Messi halts the eternal yawn

Messi, always Messi, and only Messi. Messi showed he is the leader of Barca. When the team needed him most. In a moment of crisis. With more doubts than sureties. Messi appeared like legendary heroes do. In the middle of battle, when his team-mates are desperate. To score two great goals and keep dreaming of La Liga. Messi, always Messi, and only Messi. The best and only argument to think that this Barca-under-construction can win a title. It depends on Messi, there’s nothing else.

The first half against Elche was an eternal yawn. A never-ending boredom. A footballing nightmare. An abomination. You had to make a huge effort to not end up sleeping, suffering through the sad spectacle that Barca put on. 45 minutes to throw in the bin of horrors that show what we’ve all known, the starters are bad but the subs are worse. Koeman made five changes and the cure was worse than the sickness. Pjanic was especially bad and taken off at half-time.

It was Messi who did it, breaking the deadlock thanks to Braithwaite’s backheel, which opened the road to victory. Messi scores or nobody does. Another catastrophe avoided thanks to Barca’s leader. Three crucial points but the feelings are still bad.

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