Xavi Hernandezcoach Barcelonaguaranteed this thursday, after being eliminated european league football after losing Manchester United At Old Trafford (2-1), his team “Much better than last season“.
In the academic year 2021/22, Barcelona were eliminated from the Champions League in the group stage after competing with Bayern Munich, Benfica and Dynamo Kiev. They then managed to eliminate Napoli and Galatasaray in the Europa League and ended their competitive adventure in the quarter-finals after losing to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Now, Season went ‘much better’ in Europe for Xavi After falling in the Champions League group stage (Bayern played with Inter and Viktoria Plzen) and in the 32nd round of the Europa League.
“The feeling that we are much better than last season. We face. We played against Bayern, Inter and Manchester. We did not show up against these opponents. “Next year to be more competitive, self-critical and focus on the League and the Cup, which is very important now.”
Xavi stressed that goal came from Brazilian FredThe key point of the match was their 2-1 loss to Old Trafford at the beginning of the 2nd half: “That goal hurt us; in the split ball we lost. The second half cost us. The intensity was very good. The first half was very good. The equality was very good here and there. We put pressure in the end. “We played against an opponent in great form and it’s a shame for us. We competed very well and we always showed our face.”
“Physically, they’re very strong. On the second goal Shaw wins the duel, the rebounds go to Antony, and on the second goal too. This goal made us very sad.. We could have controlled more if it wasn’t for such an early draw. We showed our faces and deserved a little more,” he said.
For Xavi, The only positive aspect of the defeat is that they will play another league game on Sunday to savor the win.. “We have to focus on Almería and the Cup semi-finals, which are very important competitions for us.”