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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.

Barcelona was in the group of hell last season where Bayern Munich, Inter Milan are the two teams that really have good preparedness from their squad. Barcelona, which appeared with many young players, was still not good enough to face pressure, they even appeared with an incomplete squad due to several injuries. This season should be different as Barcelona seem ready to take on the Champions League challenge despite their failures last season.

Xavi usually focuses on younger players and this can make Barcelona have more potential than other teams, On the other hand, Inter Milan was the team playing in the final game of the last Champions League. there is a chance for us to see a miracle and one strong team lose this tournament earlier than they could expect to see.

I really appreciate Xavi as a Barcelona coach who only appeared with existing players but was able to maintain stable performance since last season but unfortunately Xavi hard work only got the title in La Liga without being able to get the UCL title last season and until this season I have doubts if Xavi is able to bring Barcelona to get the UCL title. I not saying Xavi is bad but just doubting a player who is difficult enough to appear to compete strongly with other teams in the UCL. because we all know that improvements to other teams have started to occur, such as Bayern Munich, which is currently in a very strong state with Kane, who was recently recruited by Munich, and there are still several other big teams that Barcelona must face, so I doubt that.

In my own opinion, I think Xavi Hernandez has been a great manager since he took over the managerial role at Barcelona. He became a Barcelona manager when the club were lacking the big names that were known at Barcelona and yet has been progressive with the available players in his possession. Xavi became a Barcelona manager when the club started to experience financial crises that's made them not be very active in the transfer market but was still able to win the Spanish La Liga title last season ahead of a star studded Real Madrid team. His young Barcelona side I think aren't good enough to win the UEFA Champions League title this season but from the progress he's recorded so far, Barcelona might win the competition in few seasons from now.