Forget Win Winning The Title: Here Are 3 Reasons Why Barcelona Are Not Able To Dominate This Year’s La Liga

We have all seen how great teams often seem to dominate their rivals during several years, creating legacies for years that just won’t be forgotten anytime soon, winning dozens of championships and making thousands of youngsters fall in love with this beautiful game.

However, all good things come to an end eventually, and great soccer teams aren’t the exception to that rule, as the inability to make adjustments, the stars that start to diminish their performance or the exit of some key pieces make those super teams fall short eventually.

This is exactly what seems to be happening with FC Barcelona, as the Blaugrana are still a great team but haven’t been able to be as dominant and fierce as they used to be in the past years, where they completely trashed every single team they faced on a weekly basis.

Luis Enrique’s side has been having some subpar performances in La Liga even despite having arguably the most dangerous offensive trio in the world, featuring Neymar Jr, Luis Suarez and of course, the mythical Argentinian Lionel Messi. So, today we’ll take a look at what we think are the 3 main reasons as to why Barcelona hasn’t been able to dominate this year at La Liga.

Luis Enrique’s lack of ideas

The Spaniard coach hasn’t shown anything that can make us think that he’s special, as he has constantly failed to make adjustments between games and has struggled to find consistency from some guys that don’t seem to fit his scheme, and that are just getting some playing time because of the big paychecks they receive at the end of the months.

It often seems like the job is way outside of Luis Enrique’s league, as he just throws his guys to the pitch and hopes they win games out of pure talent, failing to defeat teams with more tactical coaches that actually prepare for each rival they face.

Atletico de Madrid’s surge

Diego Simeone’s side has been a major pain for both Real Madrid and Barcelona in the past few seasons, and it seems like the pressure of beating these guys has gotten into the Blaugrana’s heads, as they only had to compete with Los Blancos during several seasons, but have now found more competition for the trophy.

On top of that, Cholo’s team has been getting stronger every year and it’s getting harder and harder to beat, and they’ve been stealing really valuable points from Luis Enrique’s side.

The substitute’s poor performance

Besides that outstanding starting XI, Barcelona hasn’t been getting any help from their substitutes, and even if they’re all amazingly talented players, the lack of playing time has made it very difficult for them to actually make an impact when they’re needed, as they’re used to play when Barcelona’s comfortably leading the score of the game.

Barcelona has more names than game, on the bench, and if they want to dominate once again in a very competitive and long tournament, they’re going to need a lot more from those guys.