DBasia.news – Lionel Messi’s aging period doesn’t make FC Barcelona’s dependency declining this year. The statistic said it all, proving that Messi is the prominent player in Barca.
Barcelona’s dependency on Lionel Messi is getting more serious this year. Opta released Lionel Messi scored 155 successful dribblings in the 2018 LaLiga. That number is 64 times higher than his rival, Jose Luis Morales.
The statistic proved Barcelona’s dependency on Lionel Messi. They called it Messidepedencia.
Since a long time ago, Barcelona are having Messidepedencia. It means the club can’t play or would face the difficulty if Messi doesn’t play.
In fact, Barcelona have top players like Luis Suarez, Ousmane Dembele, and Philippe Coutinho. But, Lionel Messi is always the prominent player.
Messidepedencia also made Barcelona missed some star players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic and lately Neymar.
When Messi is 31, Messidepedencia won’t seem to end. In contrary, it’s getting more serious.
Opta released that Lionel Messi was involved in 47,6 percent of Barcelona goals throughout 2018 of all competitions. In total, Blaugrana scored 147 goals.
It means from 147 goals of Barcelona, 70 of them involved Lionel Messi. From that number, Messi scored 47 goals and 23 assists.
Furthermore, Lionel Messi is also the fortune charm of Barcelona. The winning percentage of Ernesto Valverde squad with Messi’s presence is high.
Throughout 2018, the Argentinian striker performed in 46 matches, 31 as the victory.
It means 67 percent of Lionel Messi’s matches belong to Blaugrana. Also, Barcelona only got defeated four times in 2018 whenever Messi played.
As he is getting older, Barcelona must find the cure to erase the Messidepedencia. Let’s wait, whether the Messidepedencia would be reduced in 2019?