It has been five years since Barcelona won the Super Cup the last time. I don't think they will care about it much less than the other games. I will be expecting Xavi to have his usual starting eleven here and they would fight hard for the title. Bookmakers are also seeing Barcelona as very highly the favourite side. But I still find these odds quite interesting.
Because Betis are not one of the teams to be underestimated. They are doing a good job in the La Liga recently and they will be an important threat to Barcelona here as well. I wouldn't bet on Barcelona win considering how much low the odd is now.
Well, Xavi's starting XI might bring him good results, but I really doubt that they can do much, I hope that they can play a good game in the Europa League against Manchester United first, that's what I hope because everything they've done in the league that they are first, they cannot lose the opportunity to win in the Europa League, before I used to think that Barcelona was better than they could do it in a better way, however I think that now I see Xavi's players more committed I think that if they put their minds to it, they can make a great Europa League and ensure that they don't fall back there but rather stay in the UCL.
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I'm sure Xavi was very happy with the win, but that doesn't make him very satisfied, because he still has goals that they still have to fight for, namely La Liga and also the European League. But at least, this can be a little medicine for their lack of success in the Champions League although it may not be able to cure 100%. They continue to strive to play very well, Xavi encourages and coaches them. That's why La Liga is more interesting now than it was last season, isn't it? Because the El Classico we've all been hoping for is really back again.
Even if they did bring the Trophy but only being satisfied with it was clearly a mistake. This trophy can be considered not too important if their goals are La Liga and Europa League. Even if they got a good thing for this victory because at least they have the trophy back after a few seasons out but indeed this cannot be used as satisfaction now because they still have a lot of work to do in this regard.
The target for the Europa League still has a challenge in the play offs because there is Manchester United and for La Liga even though Madrid are 3 points behind now but this is not something they can celebrate quickly considering there are still quite a lot of games.
At least Xavi has a plus even though the Supercopa de Espana trophy is not very prestigious. however, what is interesting is that this match presents a battle between two Spanish League giants who compete with prestige. on the other hand, Barcelona's victory over Madrid at the same time broke the pessimism that initially Barcelona would not be able to topple its rival.
With this result it is hoped that Barcelona will be on the right track, although we cannot be sure whether Barcelona's performance will continue to be stable. even so, at least Barcelona has a great chance to win the La Liga trophy this season. on one condition, Xavi can ensure his troops are on the right track.
As for the Europa League, Xavi has emphasized on several occasions that Barcelona are targeting two trophies at once this season. I think as a coach he knows what he has to do. after all, Barcelona will not take their opponent lightly in the playoffs considering that United are in fairly good form.
Well, this is something that should be highlighted, Xavi has done well, and that should be highlighted, even though the Spanish Super Cup is not such a relevant award if it could be thankful to the teams that are considered the biggest in Spain and the La Liga, so it was something interesting, every time these two teams meet, it's obviously a spectacle, we can make exceptions with other teams, but BARCELONA is a team that has improved remarkably, in particular it has surprised me a lot because I didn't think they would recover like this, in fact I like that because the great rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona is coming again, and as I said before, I'm not a Barcelona fan at all, but I hope they can win against Man United now I see better alignment in everything.
Xavi’s role in convincing in-form defender to join Barcelona in the summer – report
After what could be termed as a rather difficult start to his new life in Barcelona, summer signing Andreas Christensen has now settled well, playing full 90 minutes in three of Barcelona’s last four outings across all competitions.
He has put in commanding displays in recent matches, with the away game against Atletico Madrid perhaps being the Dane’s best performance in the Barcelona shirt.
Lining up alongside Ronald Araujo in central defence, the former Chelsea defender ended the game with the most passes completed (86). Add to it, he also had the second-most touches from either team (100) and also made the second-most ball recoveries (nine).
Source:
https://barcauniversal.com/xavis-role-in-convincing-in-form-defender-to-join-barcelona-in-the-summer-report/