[Sport] Messi disappears again and does not show his face in an elimination in the Champions League

[#Steeven.™]

The one in Lisbon is among the worst nights, if not the worst, in the history of Fútbol Club Barcelona. 2-8 on the scoreboard leaves absolutely everyone touched, from Bartoméu, through Setién and the entire squad on a day when the Catalans proved to be light years away from Bayern.

And Messi is not saved from this. The Argentine star was absent again at the important time, in the most awaited appointment and pending account of Barça in the last five years, the Champions League.

For the fourth time in the last five years, Barcelona is out before the semifinals and the Argentine star was again conspicuous by his absence, as happened at the Calderón, against Juve, at the Olímpico and at Anfield.

Because although he is one of the best players in history, Messi has not been able to carry Barça when he needs it most. Yes, in this period they won three Leagues and three King's Cups, but the 'Orejona' is the trophy they want the most in Can Barça and that is where the Argentine has not been.

The data dictate sentence. In the nine games of those qualifying rounds, Messi has only two goals, and both were against Liverpool in the semis of 18/19, in the final stretch after Suárez opened the scoring in the first half.

And it's not just the goals, but the assists: zero. It has not generated and it is a symptom that was also seen in the one tie that Barça passed by miracle: 6-1 against PSG in 2017. There, it was not Messi, but Neymar who put Barcelona on his back and he never stopped believing, even though the score seemed almost impossible to overcome. Messi was not the one who threw gallons.

And once again he is indicated in the Champions League, like the whole team, on a night that was a seismic event that shakes the entire structure of Barcelona.

But perhaps the most important thing is what did not happen, that the captain of the team does not speak after losing by six goals. The president, the coach, another of the captains passed through the microphones, but not the one who had the bracelet in Da Luz, the one who is supposed to be the reference beacon for the team, which everyone follows.

Silence says much more. He did not face defeat, as other bracelet wearers have done in the past. Silence. That worries even more, because if with Messi they arrived 8, who knows what life will hold without him.