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Xavi Hernandez start heavy to lift performance Barcelona. He was surprised that El Barca relied so much on young players during the opponent’s draw Osasuna.
Barcelona were held back 2-2 by Osasuna in El Sadar in the 17th week of the Spanish League, Sunday (12/12/2021). El Barca had twice taken the lead through goals from Nico Gonzales (12 minutes) and Abde Ezzalzouli (49 ‘). However, the hosts are always able to catch up from David Garcia (14′) and Ezequiel Avila (86’).
This result makes Barcelona slump to 8th place with 24 points. Blaugrana still seems difficult to get out of a difficult situation.
They were previously also knocked out of the Champions League and thrown into the Europa League. That happened after Barcelona fell 0-3 to Bayern Munich in the last match of the group phase.
Xavi Hernandez who takes the place of Ronald Koeman in the coach’s seat seemed still having trouble lifting Barcelona. Of the six games under Xavi, Barcelona won twice, drew twice and lost twice.
Xavi certainly does not deserve to be fully blamed for this. He had to deal with Barcelona with a squad inherited from Koeman who was full of problems.
After the match against Osasuna, Xavi said that young players like Nico Gonzales, Abde Ezzalzouli and Pablo Gavi had a tough task to lift the team. Conditions that should not happen in Barcelona. Given, the performance of young players who are fairly inconsistent.
“Abde, Gavi and Nico were amazing, they supported the team in difficult moments. Young players have to make a difference and that is difficult to understand,” Xavi was quoted as saying by Marca.
“That’s a positive and a negative thing because they will not always be able to perform well because they are young. They cannot sustain this team, the other players have to work hard. We all have to demand more from each other,” he explained.
Xavi’s statement shows that Barcelona’s senior players appear far from their expectations. Legend Barcelona this seems to have started to despair with his current squad. Spanish journalist, Lluis Mascaro concludes this.
“The last draw is a picture of the helplessness and desperation of a coach trying so hard to revive a dying dressing room,” Mascaro wrote. Sport.
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