Barcelona fans think Lionel Messi doesn’t have faith in Antoine Griezmann

Barcelona fans think Lionel Messi doesn’t trust Antoine Griezmann, as the duo struggled to combine against Slavia Prague last night.

Barcelona struggled to bag 3 points against Slavia Prague even though the Catalans were expected to thrash the Czech team at their own den last night.

Considering the star-studded frontline of Lionel Messi, Ousmane Dembele and Antoine Griezmann was expected to be decisive in the last night match but Barcelona was prevented by the disciplined Slavia Prague.

Amidst all of this, it has been claimed that Barcelona captain Lionel Messi still doesn’t trust Griezmann, even after the latter spending more than 3 months in the club.

Many fans on social media noticed the activity trend between both the players, and it was discovered that there were rare instances in the match when both combined with each other.

In the first half of the match, Messi was seen making a scintillating run before making a shot on the post, if it had been converted, probably would have been a delight to watch.

However, some argue that the Argentine International conveniently ignored Griezmann while proceeding towards the goal, as the latter was standing clear during the run.

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Thus, it is being alleged across the Barcelona fanbase that Messi is deliberately ignoring Griezmann and vice versa. In the last night’s match itself, Lionel Messi passed the ball to Giezmann only 4 times. Meanwhile, the French International passed him only once.

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Adding further, the absence of Luis Suarez from last night match made the Argentine star miss his attack partner and the responsibility of filling the void went to Griezmann, which probably did not work out.

Further, Ernesto Valverde’s poor tactics can also be blamed for the lack of coordination between the two stars, as Griezmann is regularly being played out of position, as his preferred position is in the centre. Moreover, last night he was forced to be in the deep.

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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