To the Barça of Koeman it costs to him God and it helps to win parties.

Even Eibar, a rival that had never been able to score at the Camp Nou, was able to bare their shortcomings and take a more than deserved draw.

The future is not looking good.

And, with this,

Leo Messi's goodbye

in summer seems to win more and more whole.

Thus, it will be difficult to convince you otherwise.

The big question is who will be in charge of leading the team when he is gone.

Griezmann, seen what has been seen, is far from being the answer.

Coutinho, who left the pitch with a possible serious knee injury, either.

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The Frenchman seems determined to show that

Barça is great for him

.

With Messi officially off due to ankle discomfort, but he did not want to miss the game and followed it from the stands, and with Coutinho sitting on the bench again, the Frenchman had to lead the team against Eibar.

But not for those.

It was symptomatic, for example, that he did not try to assume the responsibility of transforming the penalty indicated at the request of the VAR on Araujo.

Braithwaite caught the ball, carried it away and no one could get it out of his thirteen.

A pity that that same conviction did not turn into marksmanship when it came to sending him between the clubs.

It was the third that the Barcelona players failed in the League, after the Frenchman, against Betis, and the captain, against Valencia, missed their shots.

Griezmann was almost disappeared.

And

when he tried to do something, he wouldn't give one

.

If he was looking for control, the ball hit him on the other leg.

If he tried to steal, his robbery became a good pass to the opponent.

Even Antoine himself seemed to be aware of his shortcomings.

Therefore, his shot on goal in the final stretch of the first half was lacking in strength and conviction.

Quite the opposite of a Braithwaite shot that did kiss the net, after an action that exploited Junior Firpo's speed as a lane, but ended up being invalidated by the Danish offside.

Kike Garcia

At the other end of the field,

Dest

gave the impression of having caught Griezmann's doubts.

Despite being praised time and again for his ability to deploy the attack, he was unable to seek one-on-one.

And, in addition, he was not too fine in destructive tasks.

A facet in which Barça, despite protecting itself again with three centrals, suffered again and again before the stakes of an Eibar that pressed tirelessly throughout the field.

And those of Mendilibar had their prize treasuring more options of danger than a Barcelona team whose knees trembled too much every time the armorer team was around their area.

Pedri, as usual, was the little good to hold onto.

After the break, Koeman looked for a revulsive when recovering his more habitual 4-2-3-1 and giving entrance to

Dembélé by Dest

.

Griezmann's feelings improved with his compatriot on the field.

At least, he was more active, searching with more conviction for the shot.

But it was Eibar, despite everything, who continued to be more comfortable on the pitch.

To such an extent that he took advantage of a monumental error by Araujo to go ahead through a Kike García who was clever to steal, stand alone against Ter Stegen and score at will.

The answer would come with Griezmann on the bench, through Dembélé and

after a good combination of Coutinho

, Pjanic's replacement, with Junior Firpo.

The 1-1 seemed to come with enough time for the Catalans to achieve a comeback that resists them again and again this season.

Pedri and Trincao had apparently unbeatable options to get it, but neither of them found their way to the goal.

The team, again, lacked punch in attack and forcefulness in defense.

Thus, it is very difficult for the year to be positive.

And of course, convincing Messi to continue will be a mission nothing short of impossible.

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