Bis Repetita! It’s becoming a habit, soon maybe even a tradition. In the 10th minute of the late match of the 28th day of La Liga against the Girona club on Monday evening (0-0), Barcelona supporters lost interest in the meeting. The Camp Nou suddenly started chanting Messi’s name, singing their love for their Argentinian idol. Signs in the name of number 10 were brandished by thousands of spectators present in the stands of the Barcelona enclosure for several seconds.
The same scene had already occurred last Wednesday during the Spanish Cup semi-final against rivals Real Madrid. This had also not brought luck to the Catalans who had been beaten (0-4, 1-4 on the whole of the two confrontations) and eliminated by the band of Karim Benzema.
A show of love from the Socios which aims to convince the Argentine world champion to leave PSG, where fans criticize him more often than they praise him, to return to Barcelona. Regularly criticized for his performances in the jersey of PSG since his return from the World Cup in Qatar, the seven-time Ballon d’Or has however silenced his detractors by being one of the main architects of the important victory (0-2) of the club. Parisian in Nice on Saturday in the league.
Less than three months from the end of his contract in the capital, the Argentinian still casts doubt on his future. Giving hope to Catalan supporters that a return of the king is still possible despite the financial difficulties of Barça. We probably haven’t finished hearing Barcelona fans chanting Messi’s name in the 10th minute of matches at Camp Nou.