They're 5 points from the relegation zone and just changed managers...name one.
When did I say the word 'deserves'? I just said they were the best team in the world, which 99% of football fans agree with, but that they won't win it.
So the attractiveness of a team's football is subjective, yet you obectively say they don't play attractive football? Riiight. But, fair point to you, I should have qualified that claim with 'in my opinion...' (and pretty much every neutral football fan's opinion in the world, right now, except for some ManU and Chelsea fans).
Sorry but pretty much everyone in the world thinks Barca is the best team in the world. They're on pace to set the La Liga points record. To set a record for points in one of the historically best leagues in the world is something very special. ManU has 69 points in 32 games, Barca has 84 in 31 and will probably get the 100. They have a +69 goal differential. Now I know you'll start talking about how much better the Prem is compared to La Liga bla bla bla but I really don't think the difference can account for that many points. If you compare each and all of the 20 teams of the leagues with each other, there really isn't that big of a difference. Definitely not big enough to account for an 18 point gap.
Of course they're capable of beating Barca. Any team can beat any other team on any given day. And those are the three teams in the world that match up the best against them, especially ManU and Inter. But I don't think a fully fit Chelsea could beat them anymore (a few years ago and with the right manager, certainly, but not this season). Also, Inter has been **** all year so I don't think you can make that claim. ManU, however, stacks up perfectly against Barca and they have proven this season that they know how to get results, even when they don't play well, which is exactly why they will win (well that and a huge psychological advantage). But that doesn't necessarily make them the better team.
They were in a very weak group they knew they'd finish first in, and they obviously didn't try as hard in these games, and benched a lot of first teamers (getting an advantage over Real Madrid in La Liga was the priority). They finished in first with ease and a +11 goal differential. Sure they took their foot off the gas and lost to Arsenal at the end at the Emirates, but they were the much, much better team over both legs. This was against the second best team in the league that its supporters claim is supposedly by far the best in the world (and if they win their game in hand, only 4 points out of first place, with a home match against the first place team), and Barca was clearly a class above.
My simple point was that this season, Barca has been the best team in the world, and I'm willing to bet that you wouldn't be able to find a single (relatively unbiased) person on this forum who would disagree.
