It has always been unbelievable to see Barcelona without Messi, but the record breaker got a hamstring recently and could not play in the Saturday’s clash with Real Mallorca. This game was perhaps the first for Camp Nou club without Messi in the squad since 2010-11 seasons, and if this match was a test for rest of the teammates, they passed it with a ten on ten. Barca crushed their opponent with a 5-0 in the match and main contributor to its victory was Spanish footballer Cesc Fabregas who scored a brilliant hat trick to make it sure his team will comprehensively be ahead of other teams in the league. Actually, the absence of Messi worked well for other players, coz now they played without pressure of being underdog in front of Messi. So, this is being considered as a best discovery for Barca to prepare its second line of strikers alongside Messi. With a 5-0 humiliating victory, Barca maintained its 13-points lead over second placeholder Real Madrid and having eight games in the hand. … [Read more...]