Barcelona just received a painful defeat against PSG, on the day superstar Kylian Mbappe shined. Even more worrying about the Catalan team, the French player is on his way to Real Madrid.

Barcelona will have a trip to Real Madrid that is expected to be extremely difficult . At this time, coach Xavi’s team is 8 points behind their opponents. Without winning this match, Barca’s chance to defend the La Liga throne is almost gone.

Mbappe shined brightly against Barca

Just a few days ago, Barcelona bitterly lost their Champions League semi-final ticket to PSG. Despite winning 3-2 in the first leg away from home and opening the scoring in the 12th minute of the rematch, Barca still lost 1-4 in the end. Even more noteworthy, it was Kylian Mbappe’s shining day. This player scored twice to directly bring PSG to the semi-finals.

To date, Mbappe has faced Barca twice, with a total of 4 matches. Surprisingly, both times PSG was the team that advanced and Mbappe played brilliantly. The first time was in the 2020/21 Champions League. Barca also lost miserably 1-4 at home on a day when Mbappe completely destroyed the home team at Nou Camp with a hat-trick. In the rematch, the two teams drew 1-1 and Mbappe was still the scorer for PSG.

In this year’s Champions League quarterfinals, Mbappe continued to play impressively when facing Barca. With his double in the middle of last week, Mbappe scored a total of 6 goals in just 4 times facing the Catalan giants.

Notably, Kylian Mbappe is on his way to join Real Madrid. Currently, Barca is already completely inferior to its opponents. If Real has an impressive trio of Jude Bellingham – Vinicius Junior – Rodrygo, then Barca has almost no outstanding stars as a counterweight.

Fans ask the question, if Real has Mbappe, then what will Barca use to compete with their arch-rival Madrid in the coming years?

Real (white shirt) is slightly better than Barca

Looking to the future, it can be seen that the concerns of cules for their beloved football team are not redundant. In the post-Messi era, Barca is still in crisis. Meanwhile, their number 1 opponent continues to grow stronger day by day. Once Real’s young superstars mature and gain more experience, Barca is at risk of lurking in the aura of their opponents.