Barcelona under Xavi still lack of experience in Champion league even last season Barcelona has showing poor performance and finish at 3rd place of group stages and when playing at Europa League too Barcelona was eliminated by Frankfurt on knockout stages so Barcelona under Xavi is still cannot considered as strong candidate of champion league and this season too Barcelona even have to lose from weak team Antwerp in the last match of group stages so their performance cannot be says impressive
Everyone knows that Barcelona is still a team in the development stage because since they last won the Champions League in 2015, they have never had good results in this competition. Everyone still doubts them and it is felt that the current generation squad is still far from being able to compete with other strong teams.
Their failure to end up in the European league in the previous season was a record that was never expected and they had experienced difficult times. However, as one of the big teams in this competition, their readiness is still lacking compared to other strong teams, so even if they can get through to the quarter-finals, that would be something they should be proud of.