Agree with what you said because even though Messi was there when their midfield was not replenished by Maestro tiki taka because Xavi and Iniesta left actually Barcelona's golden era began to falter from there.
Yes, without proper midfielders like Xavi and Iniesta, Messi can't shine again as previously. His era is over once Iniesta decided to leave Barcelona. Although Barcelona has many good midfielders, there are no midfielders that can replace the roles of Xavi or Iniesta. In my opinion, when tiki-taka era is over, Messi era is over as well. Messi in PSG was not the same like when he was in barcelona. I just said based on what i have been watching between when he was in barcelona and PSG, there are different things when he was in barcelona and PSG. When xavi and iniesta gone, messi still able to give very big contribution to the barcelona. The era for messi already gone and this is the fact. This time his performance in PSG was not so impressive like when he was in barcelona but i know that there are so many variables who affected his performance in PSG
Of course, it is because Messi is getting old and Messi is no longer getting the service as he got in Barcelona previously. When he was in Barcelona, he is a special player, he is the target man and every player tries to give assists to him as many as possible. But in PSG he is no longer a special player, he must work hard to score. He doesn't get many chances to score as he ever experienced in Barcelona.
On the one hand, I understand you because I recently experienced similar feelings due to a pause in the Premier League, but there was a different situation - the pause was unexpected. The current pause was known in advance and there was no "cancellation of what you have been waiting for a long time." After all, the teams you follow are associated with certain players - you can follow them in the national team format. Yes, it's not a complete replacement, but still.
