Quote from: Pandu Geddon on January 16, 2023, 06:01:21 PM

Quote from: KTChampions on January 16, 2023, 05:20:06 PM

Agree. Simple fact: winning the Europa League while losing La Liga to Real Madrid will be a losing season. Winning La Liga while losing the Europa League at the very early stage (at 1/16 lol) will be a triumph. The priorities are obvious, I even think Xavi would be happy if Barcelona lost to United and he could fully concentrate on La Liga, but of course the circumstances (status) will not allow him to lose this confrontation on purpose.

yes, of course, no team deliberately gives victory to their opponents if they also have the ambition to win.
Xavi won't just think La Liga is everything. because after being eliminated in the Champions League, maybe Xavi's focus is La Liga, not the European League anymore.
but there is still the Copa Del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup, they also have to show the quality of their game. maybe some coaches will complain about the tight competition schedule in Europe, but this is what happened. all teams must have a good focus in every game.

National cups, super cups, the World Club Championship and everything else that is there is all nonsense. The only important tournaments are the national championship and the Champions League (for the top clubs). Everything else is just an option to talk about treble, quadruple, etc. I'm sure Xavi understands this and the Super Cup they won yesterday, like the Europa League, is just a nice option but not the main goal. Therefore, if he could, he would sacrifice unimportant tournaments for important ones, but with such a loud sign (game against United), he does not have the opportunity to do this.