Written by Ahmed Harby Thursday, December 14, 2023 01:31 PM Spanish press reports today, Thursday, revealed the latest developments in the future of Xavi Hernandez as coach. Barcelona Following the recent loss to Royal Antwerp 2-3 yesterday, Tuesday, in the sixth and final round of the Champions League group stage.
Barcelona won its qualification by topping its group, but suffered two losses to Shakhtar and Royal Antwerp, which caused controversy over the fate of the Spanish coach, who lost just days ago to Girona, dropping to fourth place in the Spanish League standings.
Catalan newspaper Sport said that there is a state of doubt among some members of the Barcelona board of directors about Xavi’s future, even before the recent international break, as criticism escalated against the coach due to the team’s results, performance and statements.
Sport added that Barca coach Xavi Hernandez always focuses, during his statements after losses, on the mentality of the players, away from technical matters.
She explained that Barcelona president Joan Laporta is the coach’s biggest defender, although some members of the board of directors have doubts about Xavi, and Laporta believes, according to the newspaper, that in times of crisis it is better for the club to be united behind the coach.
Yesterday, Wednesday, Laporta went to the locker room, after the loss to Royal Antwerp, and according to Mundo Deportivo, he went to raise the morale of the players.
In statements following the loss, Xavi said that Laporta, the club president, trusts him, and that as a coach he trusts the team’s results to improve in the near term.
Xavi concluded that the team is not suffering from a crisis in the Champions League after qualifying for the quarter-finals for the first time in two years, during which it left the group stage for the European League.
Barcelona suffered a fatal defeat against its host, the Belgian team Antwerp, by three goals to two, in the match that brought together the two teams on Wednesday evening, at Boswell Stadium, in the sixth and final round of the Champions League group stage.
Barcelona leads Group H with 12 points, ahead of Portuguese Porto with the same number of points, then Shakhtar is in third place with 9 points, and finally Antwerp with 3 points.
2023-12-14 11:31:00
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