Xavi, who recently took over the team from Koeman, did not manage to return the team to the championship tracks, and it seems that he has a lot of work to do.
Barcelona again lost to Bayern with a score of 0:3 in the last round of the group stage and thus took third place in the table.
- They dominated. We always want to dominate, but now it was the opposite. We have to demand more. We are Barça. This must be a turning point, change dynamics and many other things. This is the Champions League, but this is also our reality, Xavi said after the game.
For the first time since the 2003/2004 season, Barcelona did not pass the group of the most elite European competition.
- This is the reality and I am very angry. We have to face it immediately, there is nothing else. A new era begins today. We start from scratch. Our goal is the Champions League, not the Europa League. “I saw how harsh the reality is,” Xavi said.
- I was hoping we would play better. Bayern is better, that is the reality. But, we will work hard and do our best so that this does not happen again. I feel helpless. We have to start bringing Barça back to where it belongs, and that is not the Europa League. For me, as a coach, this is a hammer blow. We will work hard to bring Barca back, but we have to change a lot.
