Neymar rough patch to meet an end now?

Neymar rough patch

Neymar rough patch to meet an end now?

For much of this season and last, the excitement around Barcelona has been usually focused very specifically on the so called MSN, the lethal front three that not only expertly scores their goals under Luis Enrique, but more often than not creates them out of thin air, too.

Neymar rough patch to meet an end now?

Neymar rough patch
Neymar celebrating

Yet at the moment, it feels more like Barca have a prominent front two rather than a three, with Neymar rough patch settling in. While Lionel Messi has reasserted himself as the team’s prime force and creative leader in recent weeks, and Luis Suarez has blisteringly entered an exceptional period of form in front of goal, the third member of the famous trio is still posted missing, struggling to do the things that he makes look so simple at his usual best.

The Camp Nou may have chanted Neymar’s name on Saturday during the la liga match with Sporting, but before deciding on trying to boost his confidence sportingly, supporters also dabbled in a few boos owing to Neymar rough patch.

The attacker did eventually manage to find the back of the net for a goal, but only so from the penalty spot, and even then, the placement wasn’t entirely good enough to stop goalkeeper Ivan Cuellar from getting a delicate touch. In the last month, Neymar has scored a total of three times, but only one of those has come from open play, and that was the eighth goal in an 8-0 massacre of Deportivo. The least important of the three strikes in that game, arguably.

Neymar rough patch
Neymar skill

After a pretty miserable month with Neymar rough patch, he now has left four club matches remaining to produce a truly positive end to the season, and with no Champions League football happening this week, he will at least receive an extra two days off just before preparing for this weekend’s meeting with Real Betis.

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