Watched 30 mins of the 1st half and a bit of the 2nd, not a lot however long enough to witness the insane quality of barcas attack. In my opinion that attack hy itself is enough to win the league but I don’t think the defence is good enough to challenge for the champions league. There’s too little PnP with the pairing of cubarsi and gerrard martin or really anyone you would put next to cubarsi. Christensen seems like the best option because of his size but he isn’t particularly quick and cubarsi is also slow so he can’t make up for that. What this defence does excel at is progressing the ball, cubarsi especially is ridiculously good at breaking lines with his passing which makes up for his defensive mistakes and lack of PnP. Gerrard martin on the other hand just doesn’t have that quality and can’t be a starter at cb. Maybe the addition of rodri to the midfield nullifies the weaknesses but we’ll have to see. Rayo did all they could even taking the early lead and eventually scoring a 2nd but there’s really nothing you can do to stop the likes of raphinha and yamal when they’re in form. Losing isi to injury and ratiu leaving for the premier league didn’t help them either. Xavi epsart had another great game and I know it will never happen but I would love to have him at united especially now with the lb trouble, would raise our technical floor so much. Notable players: Raphinha, Yamal, xavi espart, camello