Barcelona has disappointed its supporters after the poor results achieved in the last match, the defeat against Villarreal was never predicted because the visitors performance was in poor condition. Xavi, as the person most responsible for making the decision for Barcelona collapse in performance, has decided to quit his job after this season ends. Barcelona must try to recover from its downturn against Osasuna, its position in fourth place is starting to become unsafe after losing three points to Villarreal. Victory is Barcelona goal in this match to secure its position, but Osasuna has already found a way out of Barcelona weaknesses after conceding five goals to Villarreal.
The match against Osasuna must be a moment of revival for Barcelona. The situation after Xavi's resignation will indeed have a domino effect because it could affect the players' mental health even further. But if you see that the situation is getting worse and the ranking in the standings is increasingly threatened, then there is no choice for Xavi and all El Barca players to forget about the dark days against Villarreal and make the match against Osasuna a turning point to get back on track. It can be said that the Blaugrana can wave the white flag and have to let Real Madrid and Girona race to win the title, but Lewandowski and his friends must be able to finish in the Champions League zone and that is a fixed price.
It should be like that but with the conditions that are happening for Barcelona now we dont know what will happen for them later because seeing from what happened in the last few matches they did actually this will clearly disrupt their motivation and fighting spirit in the match.
Xavi must try to mix his club with something different because their scheme is completely read if they really want to use a sporadic attack scheme with short passes combined with gastric passes that have always been their trademark it has been read easily by the opposing club.
Osasuna will definitely apply a defensive scheme in this match and they will still do the same thing that Villarreal and Bilbao addressed before where counterattacks are always a mainstay for Barcelona who always play poorly when facing fast counterattacks.
I hope Xavi make a difference in this match because if in the end they lose again then it will be very difficult for them to rise from the downturn.