• Chronicle: Barcelona's dusk
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The tier has already lost patience. After the goalless draw against Slavia in Prague, the Barca hymn sounded louder than usual to dilute some pitos that threaten to arrive to stay if the situation does not change. The team is far from its best version. This was admitted after the duel Gerard Piqué in statements to Movistar Champions League. «So it is difficult to give us to win the Champions League, but the first year of Luis Enrique it seemed that the team was not working and won the triplet . I would ask for a little patience. The team is striving to find solutions, not so much in the results, which are not coming, but especially in the game, ”said the Barcelona center.

"Everyone has their opinion. People expect things to go better, and that is why there are now such criticisms. The players want to solve it as soon as possible. We are not doing our best game, although we are leaders in both the League and the Champions League. The results are not bad, but they could be much better and must be improved, ”reiterated the defense. “In this club, the demand is maximum and, if you chain two games without winning, people ask for more. I keep the positive feelings that we generate chances and the ball did not want to enter, ”he added.

Piqué will be low against Borussia Dortmund for accumulation of reprimands and both Nelson Semedo and Arturo Vidal are now aware of the penalty. Jordi Alba , on the other hand, left Camp Nou with discomfort in the hamstrings of his left leg and is awaiting further tests to know the extent of his injury and Sergio Busquets also did not feel too fine at the end of the match.

Alba and Busquets changes

«Jordi's case was a muscular problem, we'll see if it's related to the previous one or not. Busquets, meanwhile, had a dizziness at rest, because of a stomach problem. I have changed it for that, it has nothing to do with a muscular issue, ”explained an Ernesto Valverde who admitted the low moment his team is going through. «In football everything happens very fast. Three days ago we were in a great moment, and in a minute everything was twisted. If in three days you go into a pothole, in three days you can also get out of it, ”said the Barca coach.

«It has not been one of our best games, it is true that we were faced with difficulties and we did not succeed in the occasions we had. They did not generate clear options, but they did give a sense of danger. It was not a round game, that is the reality, because of the frustration of not winning and not making the game you expected, ”the Barça coach analyzed. «In teams like ours, all that is worth is always winning. And if it can be overwhelming, the better. It's never enough. The demand is high, that is so, and we have to admit it. You are always very tight, but that has a positive part: that forces you to react. We have to focus on what we have done well and repeat it, ”he said.

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