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In the previous season, Barcelona failed in the group phase because they were unable to compete with Bayern Munich and Inter Milan. I don't think that's happening again with them this season. At least it can reach the semifinals or more.
don`t be too hard on Xavi, he went the extra mile. He was playing in a group full of big teams and couldn`t do better than he did. Xavi got many things wrong, I agree with you. It must be understood that it was also the first year.
I want to not be so hard on Xavi, and in fact i support him because in a very hard moment for Barcelona he show the face for everybody and take the management of the team, having said that i have to agree, this year in europe its KEY for him, another fiasco in europe and he can be ejected from his seat.
For the previous season, they had different performances between La Liga and European competition. They failed in the Champions League and they also failed in the Europa League. I still see it as a natural thing, because it won't be easy for Xavi to immediately compete in a bigger competition and have more pressure too. Winning La Liga in the previous season was also a great achievement that could be done, just imagine in his first season of work, at that time Barcelona was even thrown out of the top 4, but he could also succeed in bringing Barcelona to finish as runner up.
I wouldn't rush to judge them in the Champions League this season, as the domestic league only started a few weeks ago.