Barcelona has a youthful team, with less experience than Real Madrid. We also saw how the Spanish national team fared in the world cup, which mainly consisted of players from Barcelona. Real Madrid has much more quality. I've read that Messi would like De Jong to come to PSG, if they lose that too, it will be a very difficult story. I think Barcelona will lose a lot of points after the winter break, even though Lewndowsky can still limit the damage with his experience.
The team made by Xavi Hernandez, cannot be said to have achieved real performance. moreover, if we look at when they played with the Spanish national team. they were good at the beginning, but fell apart in the following matches. Barcelona's young players have not been able to answer the team's current needs. Pedri and Gavi still need high flying hours so that their talents can be further honed. I'm sure Xavi has realized this, his work to build a solid team, it still takes time.
IMO, Barcelona has yet to find strong chemistry and bonding among its players. Barcelona only needs to mature the game of its young players, because for the front line players they already have a very sharp Lewandowski. I hope Ansu Pati will be given many opportunities to play in the second half of the season. I am optimistic, Barcelona still has a big chance to win the La Liga title trophy.