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Yes, we have to appreciate Xavi Hernandez's performance because he made a lot of changes to the team so that we can see Barcelona as it is today. When Koeman was still in charge, I didn't even expect Barcelona to be able to at least compete in the top 4 of the standings. However, when management decided to put their trust in Xavi. hope reappears with the changes he made. Indeed, I don't deny that at first I doubted that Xavi would make a contribution to Barcelona, but slowly my doubts were answered.
Knocked out of the Champions League is Barcelona failure this season, Xavi will not allow the same mistake to happen in the Europa League. The opponents facing this time are top teams who are building their squad after going through difficult times. Xavi must be able to make all parties believe in his quality, winning the match vs Manchester United is one way to answer doubts for him.
In the local league, Barcelona performance was very good, they managed to sit in first place with a point advantage over Real Madrid. While in the Europa League Xavi has to prove that Barcelona can still compete with the big teams, this is the second chance for saXavi to lift the Europa League trophy after he failed in last season's final after being beaten by Frankfurt.