The Camp Nou, although it only had 30 percent of its capacity covered, has begun to judge and demonstrate their unease towards certain Barcelona players. During Sunday's game they castigated Antoine Griezmann and Samuel Umtiti. For the former, it is a question of effectiveness. Three games and zero goals.
The French striker is gradually running out of excuses. First, it was the lack of adaptation and then the space where Lionel Messi moves into on the pitch, but this year he had to become the team's reference player in attack. He is not getting there. Although nobody can blame anything on his attitude, the reality is that Griezmann is judged by his goals. And here, he is not delivering.
The case of Umtiti is different. As soon as he went to warm up, he was whistled at. They don't look kindly on the fact that he has been stubborn in staying at the club. And these things can't be forgiven easily. Seeing what the situation as it was, Ronald Koeman decided to send on Oscar Mingueza instead of the French defender, whom he sent back to the bench.
It's going to cost Umtiti a lot to regain the confidence of the Camp Nou. When the fans target someone, he is almost finished at the club. And that is something that can condition Koeman's future if he contemplates playing the footballer. Having a player whistled at by the fans is counterproductive, a bad thing. The nerves are emerging at the surface.