Barcelona are now fully working towards becoming La Liga champions. Xavi is working more on the team's weaknesses. Because if Real Madrid is the opponent, you have to work very hard to win the match.
Xavi has been using la liga as the last chance to get the trophy. it seems like that he has no chance to win europa league with the current squad. barcelona might become the most favorite to win the europa league but i have seen last season has become the most reliable evidence if barcelona can be beaten by a team from bundesliga easily. I think that the same scenario would be happening with barcelona again. That's why xavi has been putting his focus into the la liga caused by it needs to be consistence compared with europa league that will force your team to go all in for the league.
Barcelona has no lots of chance to win the europa league title. It seems like barcelona may lose in the first match of europa league.
The difference between last season and now is actually quite big, especially for Barcelona's attack line.
I feel they have a big chance this season but it depends on how they are too because if they still underestimate the game like they did against Frankfurt last season then the result is difficult to be in their favour.
I agree with this because indeed when they feel that they have the upper hand this is precisely what breaks them.
Last season they were hugely favored but when looking at their play with Frankfurt they crumbled in their own way of not being able to make any real breakthrough in the game.
This season is still the same. They are clearly very favored even though they have to go through a pretty tough Play off because they have to meet Manchester United but they are still the favorites in this match. As long as they are consistent and not too arrogant with their conditions I believe they can do more than expected.