All great teams someday have to stop winning and have to learn to accept when they lose. Barcelona has been one of the greatest teams in the last five years, it has won 15 titles, each year winning more than one cup and has been considered the best team in the world, always playing with the same style. But things changed and this year Barcelona is not playing as well as before. This year they were eliminated from the Champions League by Atletico de Madrid that is passing through a great moment, lost “La Copa del Rey” against Real Madrid and today the team was lucky with the “Liga BBVA” because Real Madrid and Atletico de Madrid have lost their matches, now everything is in their hands and must win the next two games to win the championship. Many people around the world blame the trainer, Tata Martino, but the fault is because Barcelona is always playing with the same style.
This season has not been the best of Barcelona, but keep in mind that the team has passed through many problems, such as the death of Tito Bilanoba and the injury of Lionel Messi in the first six months of the season. Beyond that Barcelona has been playing with the same style during the last 5 years, and the other teams know how to manage the game when playing against Barcelona. Tata Martino has done everything possible to make changes in the team and at the beginning of the season he was very successful, he got better numbers than Pep Guardiola. Another problem that is affronting Barcelona is that many of the players had won all the possible cups, players like Dani Alves, Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez, Puyol, and Victor Valdes have played on Barcelona for all their lives, and probably they are tired of winning and they aren’t motivated with anything.
So the question is, what is the problem with Barcelona? It is the way they play (the style)? It is el Tata Martino? Or it is the players?
http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2014/04/17/655773/prensa-espanola.html
http://www.benditofutbol.com/futbol-nacional/martino-fc-barcelona-liga-espana.html#.U3GPtYF5OSo
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