For such a long time, Barcelona has been regarded as the top team in world football. Real Madrid has pushed them all of the ways and stopped them from clearing up with every trophy each season but Barcelona, with the superpowers of Messi and co. have been close to unstoppable.
Barcelona suffering bad form in the last three games
Tonight Barcelona play Tottenham in the Champions League and they go into the match in an unusual position of having bad form. Not just bad by their standards but an actual run of poor results, which includes a shock loss to Leganes and draws with Girona and Athletic Bilbao in their last three matches.
Messi and Pique – ‘complete breakdown’ in their relationship
Barcelona is not used to results not going their way and there are now rumors circulating that there has been a rift between Messi and Pique. It is understood that Pique is unhappy with Messi’s reluctance to speak to the media when the team is not doing well. Messi is also reportedly not happy with the standard of defending in recent games, with attribution of the blame going mainly to Pique.
Now the players that have been friends since they were in the youth team together are said to not be speaking to each other, according to Spanish TV show ‘El Chiringuito de Jugones’.
A chance to get back on track against Tottenham tonight
A run of three bad games is not the worst-case scenario for most teams but Barcelona are not most teams, they are the giants of La Liga and the Champions League. Tottenham hosts them tonight at Wembley in what could be a crucial moment in Barcelona’s season. They could kick-start their season with a resounding victory over a top European team, or they could continue to show the cracks that are fracturing the team at present.