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Quote from: longyenthanh on August 22, 2023, 04:21:23 AM

In the first match of La Liga, Barcelona could not secure the victory despite a great effort, the match was a draw, then in the second match, they finally managed to score two goals after 80 minutes to secure the victory that the team desperately needed.

That means Xavi still hasn't found the right scheme to play against a total defensive team and he needs a solution when strikers like Lewandowski can't score. In the second week of the match at Camp Nou, Xavi also found it difficult to keep up with the Cadiz defense which was so solid and fortunately they had Gundogan who was able to provide a cross for Pedri which was completed into a goal.

Quote from: Hvdv on August 22, 2023, 02:28:58 PM

Barcelona won this match, but to tell the truth, Barcelona is always the favorite in the matches played at the Camp Nou. Cadiz was already a team that was not a favorite against Barcelona. I don't think this win came as a surprise. I expected them to score more goals, but the match ended 2-0. The score doesn't matter for now, as 3 points are important.

There are many weaknesses that Xavi needs to fix and they had quite a hard time in the previous two matches to be able to score goals because they faced a team that defended by relying on tight pressing. Even eventually though Barcelona were able to get full points against Cadiz, in my opinion there are many things that need to be fixed, especially when facing a team that is no the favorite and they should be able to win the match with a much bigger score

Let’s be honest, Barcelona is not going to find a proper squad with the financial troubles that they are currently going through. If Barcelona wants to have a squad that is going to be great, they will have to spend. And I think it is foolish to expect a squad that is going to be as great as the Barcelona squad of 2014/15 right now.

The experience of Xavi Hernandez is also not anything close to someone like Guardiola. And even in this short time, he has actually been able to win the La Liga title under some extreme conditions. I understand that Barcelona did provide him with some decent amount of money to be honest. But if Barcelona wants more, they will have to spend more. And that is something Barcelona cannot do right now.