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Quote from: shogun47 on August 27, 2023, 10:30:54 PM

Quote from: Docnaster on August 27, 2023, 10:25:54 PM

It's one thing to have a UEFA Champions League experience as a player and also a total different thing to have it as manager but some persons are mistaking it when talking about Xavi Hernandez's champions league experience.
Barcelona is his first club that he competed in the competition with and that's why he shouldn't be blamed to an extent on the club's performance last season in the European Cup. He's been progressive with his Barcelona team and might win the Champions League in the nearest future if he's allowed to continue to develop this Barcelona young team

The current Barcelona squad won't win the Champions league unless a miracle happens, maybe it would take five miracles in one season. They don't have this continuous dominance yet. It could still be possible that they make it through the group stage and then also survive in the competition for one or two rounds, but if they were up against Manchester City or Real Madrid tomorrow, I think it would be pretty safe to say that that is where the journey would come to an end for them.

Even I also agree about this Barcelona can't win Champions League into this season but still now they are much better and experienced for having spot into knock-out stage and most chances they will be not knocked-out from group stage like last season because now situation is completed change and their players are having better depth with their strategy is also working which helping them for having better results and building a unit which will have good development for long run.

Now this season is surely going to have few good things as Barcelona is learning from mistakes and their targets are also changed with in last season their main focus was La Liga, but now they are also thinking to achieve better in Champions League this change of mind is going to help them.

Though not impossible, but I think it'll be quick for anyone who's followed the progress of this current Barcelona team under Xavi Hernandez to think they're capable enough to conquer the whole of Europe and lift the UEFA Champions League title this season.
Xavi Hernandez took the the managerial position of the club when they had lost most of their star players and were also experiencing financial issues which has made them not to be active in the transfer market like other European giants but since he became the manager of Barcelona, Xavi has significantly improved the performance of the team which was the reason they won the Spanish La Liga last season. Barcelona ate still progressive in my own opinion but the youngsters the manager is raising in the club still have few seasons to reach their peak and be able to win the UCL.