Quote from: Adbitco on June 24, 2025, 09:11:29 PM

Quote from: cande86 on June 24, 2025, 11:18:09 AM

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It's actually not Xabi but Xavi, Xabi is Real Madrid current coach while Xavi was Barcelona former coach. Personally, I think Xavi was underrated although I kind of understand that his Barcelona team then wasn't functional as of the Barcelona of now. He laid the foundation for this current Barcelona if I'm not mistaken. He brought players from the La Massia team and promoted them to the senior team, it means that he saw potential in them. Some of the current signings was still Xavi, I think this current coach Flick is actually on Xavi's team but his getting the real talent out of them. Some coaches build but don't know how to continue in using what they've built, I personally think that was the case of Xavi

I don’t think he was underrated, but you know in every team, everyone wants to get what other people are getting, and I feel like he underperformed in Barcelona. Maybe he was unable to deliver the result Barcelona wanted, so they don’t want to keep him, and they decided to change.

Xavi built Barcelona, though, as you said, but things did not go well during his time till Hansi Flick came in as the manager, and Barcelona started doing great again. That is football; sometimes things didn’t go well as expected.

As you said, maybe after building the team to execute what they built, it always becomes a problem for them, and Barcelona wants a fast result, so they could not wait. Moreover, they don’t want to be getting bad for long.