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Barcelona lessons learned: Messi needs a rest, Busquets must go down to the bench
The flea "physically and mentally exhausted", Busquets "became a burden", Pika and Alba "the sacred cows of Coman".
The crisis is causing Barcelona to draw conclusions
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Monday, 02 November 2020, 09:00
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Barcelona's weak start to the season causes Ronald Koeman to learn lessons.
According to reports in Catalonia, the first lesson is that Leo Messi needs more rest.
The Argentine star insists as usual on playing as much as possible with or regardless of the importance of the game or class, but at the age of 33, after playing so many games in so many settings, Barcelona are convinced he needs to be flexible - for the benefit of all parties.
The implementation of Messi's optimization plan is likely to begin as early as this week: According to reports, the Flea may get a rest in the Champions League game against Dynamo Kyiv, and Koeman will use it only in the second half if necessary.
BBC commentator Andy West, who previously wrote a book about Leo Messi and knows him well, wrote last night that "one of the first decisions Barcelona need to make is to start giving Messi a rest. He desperately needs a rest because he is clearly not ideally fit and not mentally sharp. "We have to start this week against Dynamo Kiev, a game in which Barcelona can afford to lose points and even lose. Give it some rest, and you will benefit from it in the future."
According to West, another decision Barcelona need to make is the unlimited credit cut given to Sergio Busquets.
"Busquets can no longer be Koeman's first option. He became a burden without the ball years ago, and as time goes on it only gets worse," he wrote.
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The Madrid "A" also called on Coman to change his attitude towards the veteran players, noting that "the privileges in Barcelona do not end with Leo Messi. Jordi Alba, Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets also play almost all the time even though they make mistakes again and again."
"They are protected by Coman," the SS wrote, using data to justify the statement: Busquets missed just eight minutes in the Spanish league, while Jordi Alba started in all the games in which he was fit.
"One of the most notable changes during the Coman era in Barcelona was the return of certain values that had disappeared from the club: professionalism in training, punctuality, seriousness and intensity in training, and the return of La Masia graduates to the forefront.
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