Barcelona he once again failed in the Champions League after being eliminated in the group stage. However, the Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez definitely still get support from the club.
Barcelona were eliminated from the Champions League and thrown into the Europa League for the second consecutive time. This season the Blaugrana have lost to Bayern Munich and Inter in Group C.
Although Barcelona had spent a lot on the transfer market last summer. They have spent more than 150 million euros to recruit a number of players, including Robert Lewandowski, Jules Kunde, in Raphina.
Xavi Hernandez admits that Barcelona did not live up to expectations. However, Xavi believes the club still believes in the project undertaken.
“I feel confident in what we are doing,” Xavi said ESPN.
“There is full confidence in the project. The expectations are high and it is not what we expected coming out of the Champions League. We must accept the criticism and work hard.”
“Undoubtedly the results will come. I have the confidence of the president (Joan Laporta), the board and (football director) Mateu (Alemany) and Jordi (Cruyff). I have to keep working hard.”
“We have been good. You can see in Monaco and the performances against Athletic (Bilbao), Villarreal, Real Sociedad, Sevilla. The results must not interrupt the attention. We cannot change the direction of the ideas we have. The results will come and if no, the coach will come another one, this is life, “added Xavi.
(nds / mrp)
