Lionel Messi, the Argentine superstar, appears to be losing his scoring sense as he approaches his 33rd year, Barcelona's captain, his goalscorer and Spain's top scorer has gone through the longest period of failure by shaking the net since January 2014.
The winner of the Golden Ball six times, most recently last season, did not visit his home team, Getafe, yesterday in the match that ended with his team's 2-1 victory, making it the fourth game in a row that he did not score.
He also did not score in the matches of Valencia, Levante and Real Betis, which is the second longest series of non-registration in the League after January 2014, and did not score in eight consecutive games.
Although his name is not recorded in the list of scorers, the "Argentine magician" is creative in creating goals, as he made yesterday the first Barca goal scored by French Antoine Griezmann to be his sixth decisive pass in a row, raising his score from the decisive passes to 12 in 19 games in the League, which is less by a pass One decisive score for his tally last season, but that number hit him in 34 games.
The Catalan team - which shares the top of the La Liga arrangement with Real - is waiting for a difficult and decisive period, as it travels to Naples on February 25 to face the city team in the first leg of the Champions League final and then collides with the Royal in the Spanish football club Clasico early next month in a match that may be a step On the way to the identity of the title winner this season.