For the second season in a row, Barcelona failed to advance to the round of 16 of the Champions League. The situation in the Catalan giants is currently less dramatic than last season, but the question is what will happen next, since president Joan Laporta and his closest associates seriously counted on financial bonuses from UEFA for victories and participation in the knockout phase of the elite competition.Thierry Henry is backing Xavi at Barcelona 🤝 pic.twitter.com/stt3FsLkjk— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) October 26, 2022 The Europa League is not a competition that can satisfy the financial calculations made before the season. A possible triumph in it might alleviate the problems and repair the greatly shaken image of Barcelona, so aware of this, Xavi has already talked about turning to “Plan B” and attacking trophies in all the competitions in which his team continues the season (Primera, Copa del Rey, Supercopa de Espana and Europe league).“We still have the possibility to win four trophies this season on the table. We missed an opportunity in the most important competition, the Champions League, but the season is long and we have to face what awaits us, we have to continue” said Xavi after the match.Pedri being completely honest: We are not good enough for the Champions LeagueAware of the pressure his former teammate was under, Thierry Henry tried to protect him. Xavi and Henry played together at Barca between 2007 and 2010 and won the Champions League in 2009, in the final against Manchester United.“At the end of the day, results always count and that’s what we recently saw in England with the dismissal of Steven Gerrard. The problem at Barcelona is that you don’t have time. But yeah, let me tell you if it was another coach right now at Barcelona, dealing with what’s happening, it would have been a volcano even more than what it is… the volcano would have erupted. But because it’s Xavi, it’s kind of okay. They are second in the league. We all know Lewandowski should have scored at Bayern but it’s not his Xavi fault that Lewandowski missed three chances and it’s not his fault if they didn’t call the penalty on Dumfries, but you’re the coach at Barcelona and you’re going to be judged. Barca have gambled on the Champions League and they need that money because of what they did in the summer” explained the Frenchman for CBS Sports.##NAJAVA_MECA_6757052##
