Misfiring Barca’s woes go right to boardroom

Much of the coverage of Barcelona’s 2-1 defeat to Sevilla in La Liga on Saturday afternoon focused on the disruption caused by injuries to stars Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta. But blaugrana fans and pundits should really be asking why last season’s treble-winning squad looks so threadbare just a few months later.

Without Messi and Iniesta, Luis Enrique put together a very patched-up looking side on Saturday, with Barca looking unbalanced in midfield and totally lacking in their usual fluidity.

Meanwhile Emery’s also much-changed team were much better organised, and although they rode their luck at times, the Andalusians fully deserved their first win over the Catalans in 13 attempts.