Will Barcelona Ever Catch Real Madrid?
The final El Clasico — the final “The Classic” — of the season is on Sunday. Real Madrid are flying, while Barcelona are dying/crying/lying/whatevever-other-term-with-a-negative-connotation-rhymes-with-flying-ing. Can the latter get back on the former’s level?
I wrote about the future of one of the world’s biggest sporting rivalries:
In a vacuum, Barcelona's squad situation really isn't that bad. There are a lot of good players in unspectacular-but-important roles. There's a lot of uber-young talent that will continue to develop. Pedri and Gavi could get healthy. Lamine Yamal is ... the greatest 16-year-old soccer player I've ever seen? Balde has been quite good at left back when healthy. Vitor Roque is promising, and Pau Cubarsí hasn't looked out of place at center back despite only being 17.
All they really need are a couple game-changing superstars in order to consistently be among the best teams in the world. It's easier said than done, of course, but Barcelona are supposed to be the team that every superstar wants to come to. But even if they want to come to Barcelona, it doesn't mean that they can.
Have wonderful weekends, everyone.