It has been a weird season for Barcelona. Just four months ago, the team was celebrating a Treble-winning season, and all signs pointed to another successful campaign.
But then, things started to get strange. Barça sold important backup Pedro Rodríguez to Chelsea, and started losing one player after another to all sorts of injuries. The defense is in a terrible state, and the offense struggles to score. Lionel Messi and Andrés Iniesta, the most creative players on the squad, are hurt and won't play for quite a while. But even amid all of this craziness, the team is tied for the Spanish League first place and leads its Champions League group.