Barcelona – La Liga champions dip in form or fatigued World Cup players? (part 2)
Barcelona were to face a very tough team, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AS-Real-c38478 Madrid faced another bottom of the table side, Levante.
The Catalan Giants have a lot of difficult fixtures in a row as Real Madrid have considerably better fixtures lined up throughout the season.
Barcelona have to travel to Mallorca to face Michael Laudrop’s side, who are very difficult to defeat on their home ground. The very next week the Spanish Champions are to take on in-form http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 and later travel to Real Madrid to face them in the Santiago
Bernabeu.
On the other hand, Real Madrid have relatively easier fixtures and they are definitely going to try their best to take advantage of their routine.
After looking at schedules, the question that comes to mind is whether Barcelona have a dip in form or are they too tired to play football now?
There is definitely no doubt that the La Blaugrana are considered to be the best team in the history of football at the moment. After their all winning streak fans and the critics believed that the Spanish Champions are the best football playing side in
the history of football.
Not only did they play extraordinary football like a team, individual performances of each and every player are touching the skies.
Even though Barcelona are one of the best sides in the world right now, there is nothing doubting the fact that they are only humans. Everyone remembers how the La Blaugrana had the highest number of World Cup stars sent to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/South-Africa-c757 during the summers
- thirteen.
With an “extra” football event taking place during the summers, the players are definitely fatigued. Barcelona had eight players in the Spanish squad, three in the Argentinean squad, one in the Brazilian squad and one in the French squad.
If we notice the players that are performing better for Barcelona during the season, they are the ones that have seen less football lately.
Eric Abidal is currently in extraordinary form and one of the reasons why that is happening is because http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 got knocked out of the FIFA World Cup 2010 in the group stages.
Daniel Alves is in extraordinary form because http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858 were knocked in the quarter finals.
On the other hand, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 is performing better than all other players not only because he is the best but also because he has relatively seen less football.
All the eight players that were part of the Spanish squad are suffering from either injuries or have gone through poor form.
Barcelona’s goalkeeper, Victor Valdes, has recently suffered a knee injury. It is true that he has conceded the least amount of goals this season but that is because the defenders playing in front of him are simply out of this world.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Pique are considered to be the best partners in the centre back position.
Moreover, the way Barcelona were playing for the first half of the season was simply out of the world but now they seem to be gradually slowing down.
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