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The European League is indeed filled with strong teams. the competition is tough and we can see that everything is an exciting match.
Barcelona did very well in La Liga, but they lost in the UCL. I don't think Xavi and Barca want them to fail again in the Europa League, even if it means silencing Man United. I believe all teams are trying hard to get their top performance. this is not an easy word because after a long holiday and starting again with the league. the coach may need time to rearrange the squad.

Of course they can't do the same thing as last season when they also had to be eliminated from the Europa League.
This is their only chance to get more money apart from the domestic league they are in so that their financial condition in the calculations will not be as negative as before.
They have to prepare for everything possible and Xavi as strong as possible has to be able to make this profitable for Barcelona because in any case they need the Europa League now apart from securing Xavi this is also used as a big momentum in the season to come because if they fail to come back they are basically expensive players those who are brought in will be considered a failure and so will Xavi.

Nobody loses at wish. If it is the wish of Barcelona they will like to win. But football is not by wish but what you play on the field. Xavi has tried Champions league and failed and was pushed to Europa and he failed again.
This season the same history wants to repeat. Barcelona has failed in Champions league and have been pushed to the Europa League and there is every signal that they may fail again this season

I don't understand what "wish" you mean because after all when they play on the field, then of course they have the "wish" to win. How can they play without having a "wish" to win, and "wish" will always be there, it's just that their way of getting the "wish" to win is different so the results are different.
But apart from these problems, basically last season Barcelona had a very good chance of winning the Europa League title compared to this season.

Because last season also Xavi has succeeded in providing improved performance to Bacelona which was initially in the middle of the La Liga standings and finally, Xavi managed to bring Barcelona back to the top four.
Also, last season Barcelona got an opponent that was easier on paper, but who would have thought that the team that managed to get rid of Barcelona from the Europa League so that finally Eintracht Frankfurt won the Europa League title. At this moment, Barcelona is getting a more difficult opponent, because Manchester United has also had a better performance this season.
So that Barcelona's chances at this moment are quite worrying, because it looks like they will also be more focused on La Liga which is currently competing with Real Madrid.