Francisco Yetes: Messi is Finished

Barcelona’s move had to come to an end in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey. Quique Setien’s team were defeated 0-1 from Athletic Bilbao at the San Memes Stadium, Friday (07/02).

According to the former Bilbao player, Francisco Yetes, Barcelona’s narrow defeat shows that Barcelona can not only rely on Lionel Messi. According to Yetes, Messi is now aging and is no longer decisive.

 “Messi has been playing for years at the same level. I think he is still at that level. But he has aged and he no longer determines it as before, “Yetes said as quoted by Marca.

Despite assuming Messi’s age and no longer being decisive, Yetes stated that in a number of matches, the Argentine player still showed a spectacular game.

Yetes also explained that Messi was always able to correct the mistakes he made in the previous game. “He has worked hard to be more effective when making mistakes,” Yetes explained.

Barcelona’s defeat over Bilbao also made the majority of the public accuse Messi of being the cause. This is because of the conflict between him and the director of sports, Eric Abidal.

But this was denied by Sergio Busquets. According to Busquets, Barcelona’s defeat was more due to technical factors on the field. “We only focus on sports. Last weekend, we won the LaLiga stage, but not today, “said Sergio Busquets.