Girona have always been a hot topic of discussion this season because of their form and indeed this also includes Barcelona losing by a fairly large margin against Girona previously but rather than comment on Girona I would rather discuss Barcelona's current situation.
In my opinion, Xavi current tiki taka scheme is great but they already have a problem as it's very easy to see through now.
Indeed, it was always worth it in their golden era because there were some players who had good dribbling qualities such as Messi, Ronaldinho, Etoo or some excellent playmakers like Xabi and Iniesta but for now it is still not going to be optimal because their pattern will not be able to be forced with the players they currently have.
We are aware that Barcelona still have a lot of great players now but it can't be compared to their golden era so the tiki taka scheme becomes easy to dispel because now Barcelona's opponents already know how to counter well by waiting in the defensive area and take advantage of the momentum to counterattack if Barcelona do a scheme like this. and it happened against Girona in previous weeks, Girona this season had a very good finish so they only take advantage of Barcelona negligence in the scheme and it proved to be worth it.
Xavi's scheme is not wrong, he knows that this scheme is a scheme that is good enough for Barcelona especially this is their hallmark in competing but I also agree with what you said because for now Xavi's scheme is still very lacking and cannot be applied properly to the current players especially since clubs in La Liga already know very well what they have to do because they just have to continue to defend and wait for the momentum when Barcelona makes mistakes in their attacking patterns.
Actually, Barcelona's attack pattern did not only fail against Girona but indeed in several other matches as well. Their finishing problem is also still quite disturbed at the moment, especially when Lewa, who is the spearhead, still cannot restore his performance like last season which makes Barcelona even more troubled.
But the season is still long enough so there is still time for Xavi to continue to develop performance and restore the performance of the players who are missing at the moment so that they can regain momentum and continue to compete in La Liga especially now that their status is the defending champion.