Barcelona's defence was a drain in the first few months of the 2018/19 season, Gerard Pique was unrecognisable and Samuel Umtiti was carrying knee problems the prevented him from being at his best.
Conceding was a routine for Barcelona and the goals flowed until Umtiti was forced out through injury.
The change of fortune has been absolute and though it was not immediate and needed time to cook, the results are clear.
Clement Lenglet and Pique form a partnership that is an insurmountable wall for opposing teams, without detracting from the rest of the team who continue to work beautifully and their rapport is building by the day.
The result is that Barcelona have won each of their last six games and have conceded just one goal.
And Eibar became the latest side to find the wall too hard to overcome.
Umtiti will not have an easy time coming back, despite being an indisputable starter prior to this season he now has unexpected competition for his place in the team.
tropicalda
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Lenglet..the guy is improving day by day.Whenever i thought Barcelona will concede he was there to protect the net. his anticipation and awarness to sense dangerous situation at such a young age is something to look out for. I think Umtiti has to really work hard in order to returning to be in starting eleven of the team... Seriously he is massively underated.His consistency, Timing, placement, passes, ball playing, possesion keeping just sums up how brilliant he is. Also his timely header. He is willing to sacrifice himself for the club and his contributions to the team is priceless. He's becoming my favorite defender at the moment.. comfortably the best signing of the season alongside arthur
FoolishCr7
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