UCL MD1 A fresh start

The Uefa Champions League. Quite possibly the most prestigious club level competition with the highest level of football being played. It is every teams dream to win this trophy as it is the hardest one to win. The best sides across Europe fighting tooth and nail for their name on the trophy is a sight one can never get tired of. Ever since Messi came to Barcelona he has led them to 4 UCLs but the last few seasons have been grim. Barcelona have gained a reputation for being bottle jobs, slipping and converting a guaranteed victory into a loss and most recently the 8-2 humiliation which forced the club to take major actions. It is time we forget the past and focus solely on this season and try our best to proceed as far as we can. It might just do us a favor that we aren't expected to win this season so the pressure there has been is gone which may help the players focus and win.

When the draw came out it was no doubt this was one of the most delightful groups there. Barcelona were to face Juventus, reigniting the Messi Vs Ronaldo face off on the pitch after 2 years. It was surely going to be a mouth watering match. But before that Barcelona played host to Feravencos a Hungarian side playing in the CL for the first time. 

I will not go much into the detail of the victory as it was an easy 5-1 win wrapped up against the newbies. Messi scored from the penalty spot after winning the penalty and added a couple of assists late on too. But the fact still remains he still is yet to score from open play in over 5 matches something we have never ever seen before. Ansu fati was his usual self out there grabbing a goal after a brilliant over head thriugh pass from de Jong. Dembele came on late to score and then assist one for the other promising and rising youngster in the team Pedri. It was overall a good performance with maybe the only dent in the happiness being Piques stupidity to foul the Feravencos player earing a red card meaning he will be absent from next weeks clash against Juventus and in doing so giving away a penalty leading to their only clear chance and goal of the match.

Despite this victory I am not to confident in the side as they head on to play Madrid at home and then Juventus away. I believe that there are points that will be dropped.