Over the years, many people have been saying it quite well that once Messi stops being the beast then Barcelona stops being the winning team.

Setien played Barcelona last night with a 3-5-2 formation, that was quite something weird with Barcelona. Having Messi in the upfront with just one man to play ahead of him wasn't a better choice at all. Messi with no doubts is a wonderful player but at the same time, he can only be a merciless Messi went he controls from the midfield.

Though last night was totally bad for Barcelona but it also made Ter Stegen quite significant, he had so many significant saves including a penalty.

Real Madrid could seize this opportunity and take the lead ahead of Barcelona but it's not the worse yet, I believe Setien only tried what he believes could work out but I'm sure it would be a different story after the next game.

Nucleus Writes.📝