Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez stressed that his side must put the disappointment of the Champions League behind them as soon as possible and focus on improving their performance to compete for the Spanish league and the Europa League.
The manager found no excuse after Barcelona lost 3-0 at home to Bayern Munich last night in the third round, after playing the match after his team had already been eliminated from the competition after winning 4- 0 of Inter on Victoria Plzen previously. Last night.
Barcelona have won one of five group games and will continue in the European League after finishing third in their group for the second consecutive year.
Xavi said at the press conference at the Camp Nou: This is our reality and we have to face it. Maybe that was what we needed, to take a shot to grow.
“Today was already over and it was too late to do anything,” he continued. The main reason we entered this position is because of our mistakes in previous matches, our inability to be decisive in attack.
“We start with a really bad feeling, but we have to start over to fight for the remaining titles.”
The defeat was another blow to Barcelona after losing first place in the local league after losing 3-1 to Real Madrid in a derby last week.
This is after the 3-3 with Inter at the Camp Nou, which brought the Catalan team to the brink of exiting the Champions League.
Xavi said: “That match against Inter was the most influential on us and on me personally, when we lost control of our destiny, and I think it was really hard for our team.”
And he continued: But we have to be together. Our fans were fantastic tonight, it was great to see over 85,000 spectators at the Camp Nou who supported us until the end. But we didn’t do what he liked on the pitch.
And he concluded: there are still other leagues to compete for. It is a hard blow, but we have to criticize ourselves in order to win those titles.
