Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández is well aware that his team has to change a lot of things next season. The Spanish coach and former midfielder standout made the comments after the Blaugranas fell short of Girona in the Catalan derby, dropping them ahead of them to second in the table while allowing arch-rivals Real Madrid to celebrate winning the title prematurely.
Los Blancos beat Cádiz 3-0. That same evening, Barcelona played against Girona and inadvertently sealed the title to their arch-rival by losing in the Catalan derby. In addition, after a direct fight with the surprise of this season, she also came in second place in the table.
“We have to continue the project, the first minutes were great,” Xavi told DAZN, adding: “We will keep fighting, but we have to change a huge number of things next season.”
Barcelona lost the lead twice against the home team. In the second half, she even conceded two goals in two minutes, and the 2:1 lead was suddenly a 2:3 loss. “We lost control of the game, it’s because of mistakes, which shouldn’t happen at this level, we talked about it, but it keeps happening.” looked for reasons Xavi.
“It’s a shame, we sink in every negative situation. You can’t compete like this. We gave up the game, it’s a summary of the season.” added the captain of the Catalan giant. In the current league year, his team lost both matches against Girona by the same score.
The Blaugranas have four more league appearances – at home against Real Sociedad and Rayo Vallecano, then away to Almeria and Sevilla.
Table
1
Real Madrid
34
27
6
1
74 : 22
87
2
Girona FC
34
23
5
6
73 : 42
74
3
FC Barcelona
34
22
7
5
70 : 43
73
4
Atlético Madrid
34
21
4
9
63 : 39
67
5
Athletic Bilbao
34
17
10
7
55 : 33
61
6
Real Sociedad
34
14
12
8
48 : 35
54
7
Real Betis
33
12
13
8
41 : 39
49
8
Valencia CF
33
13
8
12
37 : 38
47
9
Villarreal CF
33
12
9
12
54 : 55
45
10
Getafe CF
34
10
13
11
41 : 47
43
11
CA Osasuna
33
11
6
16
37 : 49
39
12
Sevilla FC
33
9
11
13
42 : 46
38
13
Deportivo Alaves
33
10
8
15
31 : 38
38
14
UD Las Palmas
34
10
7
17
30 : 43
37
15
Rayo Vallecano
33
7
13
13
27 : 42
34
16
RCD Mallorca
34
6
14
14
27:40
32
17
Celta Vigo
33
7
10
16
37 : 50
31
18
Cádiz CF
34
4
14
16
23:49
26
19
Granada CF
33
4
9
20
36 : 61
21
20
UD Almeria
33
1
11
21
32 : 67
14
The article was originally published for Livesport Zprávy.
