Saving Policy Makes Barcelona Difficult To Competitive?

JAKARTA - Barcelona's performance this season is actually not really bad.

They are still in the top four of the 2023/2024 La Liga standings. Then, Barca are also still continuing their steps to the last 16 of the 2023/2024 Champions League.

However, competing for the league title seems to be difficult. Moreover, hunting for the sixth title of the Champions League.

The Blaugrana is still constrained by adaptations to management policies to save more.

The coaching team, commanded by Xavi Hernandez, is still looking for a fitting formula so that the team remains competitive even though it is not too intense on the stock exchange.

Indeed, in the previous two seasons they were able to appear competitive even though they were frugal. In fact, last season the Blaugrana were able to win the La Liga title and runners-up for the 2021/2022 season competition.

However, at the European level of the tournament, they twice failed to reach the knockout stages of the Champions League. Thrown into the Europa League two previous seasons, their steps were too far.

At most they broke through the quarter-finals in 2021/2022, while in 2022/2023 Barca had already lost in the last 16 of the Europa League.

Now the domestic league competition is different, especially in Europe. The challengers for the 2023/2024 La Liga title and the 2023/2024 Champions League are serious about strengthening the team in the transfer market.

No wonder, this season things didn't look so good. Barca struggled to play every game.

Against the team at the bottom of the league, they are far from superior. That is the worst thing Barca has ever experienced in the last 25 years in the league.

Sergi Roberto and colleagues struggled to win 3-2 against Almeria in the 18th week of La Liga or the last matchday before the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Sustainability with minimal finance is quite disturbing to the team. Barca can indeed win the game after game, but they have to work hard first.

Launching Marca, as many as 80 percent of Barcelona's victory in the span of around half a season was obtained with a minimum score, aka only one goal ahead.

Xavi's men won 11 wins in La Liga and four in the Champions League group stage. A total of 12 of the 15 wins were won with only one goal.

Last season, Barca were better off by recording 48.5 percent of the win with a one-goal advantage. It didn't reach half.

Surprisingly, there were only two wins with big advantages, namely five goals. The two parties in question were against Real Betis in the fifth week of the league and rounderp in the Champions League.

The remaining one victory that was won with the advantage of more than one goal occurred when he met Cadiz in La Liga. Barcelona won 2-0.