Alejandro Moreno

Although they're happy with him at Barcelona, but there is that sense that there's more there.

Well, there is, but he doesn't give it to you.

Well, no, we said in the pregame, they're gonna give up a goal, and they did.

They're gonna give chances, and they did.

They're gonna create chances, and they did.

They had some issues scoring goals against Elche, even though they scored three, which showed how many chances they actually missed.

So they missed more chances today.

Not a whole lot about Barcelona that we didn't already know.

My concern is that winning this sort of games kind of sweep aside issues that continue to build over time with this group.

And eventually you will run, and something that Stevie alluded to, you will run into a situation in which you are playing against better opposition in a moment that truly, truly matters and a defining moment in the season.

Talk about semifinals of Champions League.

We're talking about...

defining moment in La Liga, and you're not quite able to be solid defensively, to hang on to control of the game, to put the ball away when you need to put it away and put the match away with a goal.

That changes the whole feeling of a game.

Those are the things that we want to see from Barcelona with more consistency, and I'm sure that Hansi Flick does as well.

This is a tremendous team with tremendous talent going forward.

Defensively, they have their issues.

They don't seem to care about that all that much.

None of that has changed and none of it of what we saw today was evidence that it's going to change anytime soon.

This is who they are.