You're right, that's what I mean. Even if I like Barcelona's tiki-taka style, then I tend to stay neutral more often than not to see something from them. Barcelona is a good team among dozens of other Laliga teams, but their rivalry with Real Madrid seems likely to make fans of both of them hate each other. Apart from Real Madrid, Barcelona is the team most likely to win the title and it is recognized by many observers for each season.
For me Barcelona's tiki-taka game is no longer there, it's back to normal play with Xavi's general strategy, so Barcelona only dominates short passes and has control of the ball more than the opponent but unfortunately all that has been dominated it is still quite difficult for Xavi to penetrate the goal with his strategy.
The two teams will definitely be rivals forever and the fans are always heating up in each of these matches, so the LaLiga title chaser for Barcelona is still a reliable competitor, but for other competitions, it is still difficult to predict.
Lewandowski missed out on El Clasico match mainly because he couldn't score, but he did provide an assist for Ferran. He's still sharp, but can't always score every match. Xavi has a lot of confidence in him, but may have to rotate Raphinha in his next match with Ansu Fati or Ferran.
Lewandowski is still not a winner despite scoring in some important games but you are right it has to rotate the striker with some other young players, maybe it will be Lewandowski's impressive again like that's what Xavi has to do.
Midfielder Sergio Busquets also said he would no longer be a mainstay and would be replaced by Frankie De Jong
Raphinha was not very effective in the match against Real Madrid. Actually, I am beginning to think that Robert Lewandowski is the right fit for this team, but I am not sure if he will be able to adjust to the playstyle of Barcelona. Even if he is not scoring he is contributing to the team by creating space and making significant runs. I thought the plan for Barcelona was to get him the ball from both wings, but that is not happening. The defense is obviously not doing what it's supposed to do. How awful Barcelona's defense is at the moment in the El Clasico.
It might be a better decision if Fati gets more play time instead of Raphinha. However, at the same time, I also do not know if either of them will be able to have good chemistry with Robert Lewandowski. Let's see what the coach decides to do.
