It would be only naturally after the huge high of the last week, the days off and the weeks national events that the team might dip a bit- which they did.
I didn't like the second half, and the offsides compared to Madrid looked more due to extremely fine margins rather than a very well played trap. But the game was solved at half time and did afford the opportunity for energy conservation. We had alot of mileage last week.
But what was more concerning was that Olmo was excellent in the first, but only looks like a 50 minute player currently. Frenkie himself looks like a 50 minute player and Gavi is a 10/20 minute player. Fermin too, questionable.
So we have to keep in mind that apart from the core 11/12 who always play, that while we have the big names back in spirit for depth, that they are still a fair bit away from full fitness.
Luckily the fixtures are a bit easier on us. But this core will still have to be focused and not dip, because the front 3 don't have any depth, or rather any productive depth as Fati and Pau Victor have yet to show they can bring anything to the scoreboard.