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Maybe Barcelona board are waiting to see whether Xavi will carry the team to the La Liga title this season before taking a big decision about his future. I don't even think that they are considering to sack him in the near future. But missing the league title would cause a big fall in Xavi's credit in this team.

Considering that they were really poor against Real Madrid in the El Clasico, they need to improve their game more. Otherwise it is very difficult to get ahead of Real Madrid and win the title. For now, Real Madrid are the most reliable team to make it to this title. It is in Xavi's hands to change this by preparing the right game plan in big games especially.
What Barcelona has achieved (in La Liga) so far isn't that bad because they are still in 2nd place and they are only 3 points adrift of Real Madrid. But when compared to their performance at the beginning of the season, their current performance does look less promising and there seems to be something that makes them like that. I think this problem should be solved by Xavi as soon as possible because their chance to become champions is still wide open and Barcelona has a composition of players that allows them to become La Liga winners.
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I know Barcelona are also investing in defense this season where Alonso, Bellerin, Christensen and Kounde are the 3 defenders they signed in the transfer window and the start of the season but I'm not really sure Bellerin and Alonso are playing as expected. I could have expected something different if Araujo and Christensen had not been injured because both are typical good defenders. But unfortunately both injuries have thwarted Barcelona's plans this season. Now Barcelona must return to focus on the league or Europa League if they manage to qualify.
And you can see that Barcelona's back line is so erratic and always makes a lot of easy passing mistakes like Bellerin did several times and it is always broken by the Bayern Munich striker. I think Xavi lost his existence for Barcelona and he was embarrassed because he put so many players in a formation that had enough gaps. Now there are several rumors circulating about Xavi which is a hot topic, whether this is right or not but I think the first time Xavi led Barcelona with the available players actually showed a good performance. But after buying too many players, there are so many things that Xavi can't take advantage of.
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Maybe Barcelona board are waiting to see whether Xavi will carry the team to the La Liga title this season before taking a big decision about his future. I don't even think that they are considering to sack him in the near future. But missing the league title would cause a big fall in Xavi's credit in this team.

Considering that they were really poor against Real Madrid in the El Clasico, they need to improve their game more. Otherwise it is very difficult to get ahead of Real Madrid and win the title. For now, Real Madrid are the most reliable team to make it to this title. It is in Xavi's hands to change this by preparing the right game plan in big games especially.
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You don't seem to understand the problem of Barcelona. Barcelona has ideology problem and coaching problem. Barcelona team has great individual players like Lewandowski, Raphinha, Dembele, Fati, De Jong and many more that I cannot mention. They have players that can match Bayern Munich and other clubs but Xavi got it wrong. Why do you want Dembele to leave? Is Dembele the problem of Barcelona?
Barcelona has good players they need Xavi to change method.
Totally agree with changing the method for Barcelona, because the Barcelona team does have more great and young players, just because Xavi's own best method hasn't happened so far. So changing the method for a better way of playing is something that Xavi has to do for the Barcelona team, because there are many good players who can be polished well in Barcelona.

I think Barcelona should have the courage to take the decision to sack Xavi, because this is the second time they haven't qualified for the last 16 and this is definitely a pain for their fans, at least they have an experienced coach than former players who haven't had enough flight time to take control of Barcelona. , what's more, this is a Barcelona team that has a good record in the Champions League, they always subscribe to the Champions League Final and see Barcelona now as a small team, only being a monthly month for big clubs...
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On October 30, Real Madrid will play against Girona. Real Madrid has played 11 matches this season, winning 10 times and drawing 1. Girona, having played 11 matches and has 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. Objectively, Real is much stronger than Girona. I bet on the victory of the Madrid club.
I haven't checked the odds yet but i am sure odds for Madrid will very low considering Girona is weak team even they were still struggle to avoid relegation zone but there is one interesting thing on their head to head statistics that Girona has been beat Madrid at that time on 2019 but currently is different because Madrid has stronger than 3 years ago but if want to bet probably over 2.5 goals is good for this match this because the odds for this option quite better than Madrid moneyline and i expect Real Madrid will going to win this match with 2 goals margin or more especially Girona has poor defense this season
The chances of Real Madrid getting 3 points are very big because Real Madrid players will have no trouble beating Girona.
Real Madrid has always scored three goals in the last three games in La Liga, placing a bet of more than 2.5 goals is good especially when Real Madrid players are in the best form in La Liga.
I will try to make big bets for Real Madrid to win even though the odds for Madrid are very low.

Real Madrid's odds are currently only @1.2x and obviously those are very low odds, more so Real Madrid will play at the Santiago Bernabéu. Even though it's not a problem to bet on the Real Madrid moneyline but it doesn't feel right at such odds, because after all this is a match that Real Madrid will surely win with a wide goal gap.
So instead of betting big money but low return due to low odds, I think it would be better to choose other options like Real Madrid -1.5 @1.58 and maybe for -2.5 @2.43, I think that option is still promising for Real Madrid got it.

Because at the same time, Real Madrid also still has to win the match to keep away from the team that is in second place, because of course it would be better for Real Madrid to have a fairly wide point gap so that the position at the top of the standings will be safer.
Also, anyway this is a very good opportunity for Real Madrid as a way of venting their anger because they were previously beaten by Leipzig with a score of 3-2. Although it may not have any impact, but usually the big teams when they lose in different tournaments they will be able to continue their unbeaten trend in the local league (La Liga).
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Totally agree with changing the method for Barcelona, because the Barcelona team does have more great and young players, just because Xavi's own best method hasn't happened so far. So changing the method for a better way of playing is something that Xavi has to do for the Barcelona team, because there are many good players who can be polished well in Barcelona.
Araujo's injury has made Barcelona's defense weak, they have lost and conceded a lot of goals so far especially in their last 4 Champions League matches. Marcos Alonso brought in from Chelsea was not as strong and as good as expected, and the same about Bellerin. Their midfielders and strikers are good, but Barcelona really need players who are good in defense which they don't really have at the moment.

I know Barcelona are also investing in defense this season where Alonso, Bellerin, Christensen and Kounde are the 3 defenders they signed in the transfer window and the start of the season but I'm not really sure Bellerin and Alonso are playing as expected. I could have expected something different if Araujo and Christensen had not been injured because both are typical good defenders. But unfortunately both injuries have thwarted Barcelona's plans this season. Now Barcelona must return to focus on the league or Europa League if they manage to qualify.
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You don't seem to understand the problem of Barcelona. Barcelona has ideology problem and coaching problem. Barcelona team has great individual players like Lewandowski, Raphinha, Dembele, Fati, De Jong and many more that I cannot mention. They have players that can match Bayern Munich and other clubs but Xavi got it wrong. Why do you want Dembele to leave? Is Dembele the problem of Barcelona?
Barcelona has good players they need Xavi to change method.
Totally agree with changing the method for Barcelona, because the Barcelona team does have more great and young players, just because Xavi's own best method hasn't happened so far. So changing the method for a better way of playing is something that Xavi has to do for the Barcelona team, because there are many good players who can be polished well in Barcelona.
Yes they do have a good line of players but the depth of their squad is not strong, I mean when there are main players absent from the game they still can't close the vacant position left. We saw a few weeks ago that they had to lose players due to injury, it had a big impact on their performances. Yes, losing some players is still very pronounced when they are playing.
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There is a good match between the Barcelona players. During the game, Barcelona plays the matches with a cool head. But I noticed that they do not make any mistakes during the game, because they play a very good game in almost every match. I think Barcelona play this way.  If they can, they can do a lot more.
All Barcelona players did play well but the problem was in the defense, until now Barcelona is still having trouble managing a good guard and is still often broken by many opponents, yesterday Barcelona in the match against Bayern was very embarrassing because they had to submit 3- 0 by Bayern. Robert Lewandowski had no space to keep the ball well and struggled to score. in the previous match against Real Madrid Robert Lewandowski also did not have good space to control the ball so that it made Barcelona lose, this must be a tough evaluation for Xavi to get out of this slump.
Only three Champions League wins have been achieved by Barcelona since Messi left. Even though they signed a lot of good players, Lewandowski alone cannot sustain his success of scoring. Although they struggled in the Champions League, they put on a good display in La Liga. What are your thoughts on their chances of winning LaLiga?
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You don't seem to understand the problem of Barcelona. Barcelona has ideology problem and coaching problem. Barcelona team has great individual players like Lewandowski, Raphinha, Dembele, Fati, De Jong and many more that I cannot mention. They have players that can match Bayern Munich and other clubs but Xavi got it wrong. Why do you want Dembele to leave? Is Dembele the problem of Barcelona?
Barcelona has good players they need Xavi to change method.
Totally agree with changing the method for Barcelona, because the Barcelona team does have more great and young players, just because Xavi's own best method hasn't happened so far. So changing the method for a better way of playing is something that Xavi has to do for the Barcelona team, because there are many good players who can be polished well in Barcelona.
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On October 30, Real Madrid will play against Girona. Real Madrid has played 11 matches this season, winning 10 times and drawing 1. Girona, having played 11 matches and has 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. Objectively, Real is much stronger than Girona. I bet on the victory of the Madrid club.
I haven't checked the odds yet but i am sure odds for Madrid will very low considering Girona is weak team even they were still struggle to avoid relegation zone but there is one interesting thing on their head to head statistics that Girona has been beat Madrid at that time on 2019 but currently is different because Madrid has stronger than 3 years ago but if want to bet probably over 2.5 goals is good for this match this because the odds for this option quite better than Madrid moneyline and i expect Real Madrid will going to win this match with 2 goals margin or more especially Girona has poor defense this season
The chances of Real Madrid getting 3 points are very big because Real Madrid players will have no trouble beating Girona.
Real Madrid has always scored three goals in the last three games in La Liga, placing a bet of more than 2.5 goals is good especially when Real Madrid players are in the best form in La Liga.
I will try to make big bets for Real Madrid to win even though the odds for Madrid are very low.
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On October 30, Real Madrid will play against Girona. Real Madrid has played 11 matches this season, winning 10 times and drawing 1. Girona, having played 11 matches and has 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. Objectively, Real is much stronger than Girona. I bet on the victory of the Madrid club.
I haven't checked the odds yet but i am sure odds for Madrid will very low considering Girona is weak team even they were still struggle to avoid relegation zone but there is one interesting thing on their head to head statistics that Girona has been beat Madrid at that time on 2019 but currently is different because Madrid has stronger than 3 years ago but if want to bet probably over 2.5 goals is good for this match this because the odds for this option quite better than Madrid moneyline and i expect Real Madrid will going to win this match with 2 goals margin or more especially Girona has poor defense this season
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On October 30, Real Madrid will play against Girona. Real Madrid has played 11 matches this season, winning 10 times and drawing 1. Girona, having played 11 matches and has 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. Objectively, Real is much stronger than Girona. I bet on the victory of the Madrid club.
Everyone will definitely make Real Madrid as the main favorite, especially their opponents are far behind them as a whole. Real Madrid have only lost once in all of their Champions League and La Liga matches. Girona are not a strong team in La Liga at the moment so there is no doubt that Real Madrid will win the game comfortably.
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Barcelona weren't doing well while even Messi was having his last years there also. But at least they never dropped down to the Europa League. We just watched them qualifying from their group every time but failing after moving on in next stages for some time.
When Messi was at Camp Nou, they blamed everything on Messi for their defeats in La Liga and Champions League. They expected Messi to carry the club to titles and rejected to admit a fact that other players around Messi are not good enough to support him.

After the departure of Messi, in the past two season (last one and this one), they should realize that how important Messi was as well as how big contribution Messi did for them. It's too late because Messi now feels more happily in PSG and he likely is not ready to return to Barcelona and waste a few last seasons in his career.

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Now they can't even qualify for next round. This is the second time in a row that they are joining the Europa League after getting bad results in group games. This is completely unacceptable for a team like Barcelona. Being successful in the La Liga won't be enough for them. They couldn't perform decently in the El Clasico though but anyway. Xavi needs to find the right strategies for the Champions League. He is managing the team there like it is his first time in the Champions League. However he has a big experience with Barcelona here as a player in fact. Besides I wonder how much bad their finance will be affected after their being eliminated in the CL.
They might not be strong enough to win Europa League too. There are some big clubs in Europa League and they can beat Barcelona for sure.

However in a long lasting league like La Liga, if they can humbly and silently collect points, they can win it. Real Madrid are stronger in La Liga too but they will waste more resource for Champions League and that can give good chance for Barcelona.
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Barcelona weren't doing well while even Messi was having his last years there also. But at least they never dropped down to the Europa League. We just watched them qualifying from their group every time but failing after moving on in next stages for some time.

Now they can't even qualify for next round. This is the second time in a row that they are joining the Europa League after getting bad results in group games. This is completely unacceptable for a team like Barcelona. Being successful in the La Liga won't be enough for them. They couldn't perform decently in the El Clasico though but anyway. Xavi needs to find the right strategies for the Champions League. He is managing the team there like it is his first time in the Champions League. However he has a big experience with Barcelona here as a player in fact. Besides I wonder how much bad their finance will be affected after their being eliminated in the CL.
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On October 30, Real Madrid will play against Girona. Real Madrid has played 11 matches this season, winning 10 times and drawing 1. Girona, having played 11 matches and has 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. Objectively, Real is much stronger than Girona. I bet on the victory of the Madrid club.
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It is worth noting that even this win rate for Xavi is too one-sided - Barcelona wins games against weak teams, but loses to strong ones almost guaranteed. Something I do not remember that with those coaches Barcelona left the Champions League immediately after the group stage. Overall, I think that Barcelona will have big problems in the summer and a change of coach will not be the biggest issue by then. Maybe even Xavi will stay to train the youth and will gradually introduce them into the main team.

This statistics is not a bad performance for a young and youthful coach. Xavi is still gaining experience and I am sure he would keep improving. His good relationship with players have attracted so many players to Barcelona. The club should be very patient with him regardless of the critism. Arsenal is currently enjoying Mikel Arteta because they believed in him and gave him all the time he need to revamp the team.

Xavi is progressing yes. Last season, he was 0-6 by Bayern on aggregate, and this season, with a huge buff in the summer, he has already managed to go 0-5   Grin
The problem is that Barcelona is positioning itself not as an average club that can be content with little, but as a club that claims to be titles - this was announced after the summer transfer campaign and the huge amount of money spent. But the results don't match the costs. It is a fact.
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There is a good match between the Barcelona players. During the game, Barcelona plays the matches with a cool head. But I noticed that they do not make any mistakes during the game, because they play a very good game in almost every match. I think Barcelona play this way.  If they can, they can do a lot more.
All Barcelona players did play well but the problem was in the defense, until now Barcelona is still having trouble managing a good guard and is still often broken by many opponents, yesterday Barcelona in the match against Bayern was very embarrassing because they had to submit 3- 0 by Bayern. Robert Lewandowski had no space to keep the ball well and struggled to score. in the previous match against Real Madrid Robert Lewandowski also did not have good space to control the ball so that it made Barcelona lose, this must be a tough evaluation for Xavi to get out of this slump.
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Barcelona have the required players to meet up Bayern Munich strength in UEFEA and the both team players have the finished strikers with skillful wingers. There's absolutely nothing wrong with barça players, it's just that Xavi always start with the wrong lineups. He should start the good players other than the familiar ones, like Frankie de Jong who have the strength to defend and he's also creative. There are also some players in the team that he give them insufficient playing time like Ansu Fati, I believe Fati is one key player because he's versatile and always good with forcing the ball to his opponents box. It's time for Xavi to drop the old players and start with the young ones who are eager to play games.
Xavi started the game with high optimism, he fielded the best players Barcelona had, but Barcelona had to bow to Munich for the second time this season and ensure they would advance to the Europa League.
I am still surprised by Barcelona's performance, against big teams they always lose while against small teams they can win games with big scores. Maybe Barcelona are still traumatized by last week's defeat with a team that wears white shirts. Cheesy
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I am also of your idea, and I also want to motivate it so that you understand why I think it
Barcelona is doing well in a non-competitive domestic league (La Liga)
Barcelona is doing badly in the Champions League, notoriously very competitive

this already makes you understand the level of Barcelona
then this season is that of the restart, he must start again from this season (perhaps in second place not far from Real Madrid) for the next
Xavi's efforts and hard work to take Barcelona further in the UEFA Champions League deserves thumbs up. Luck has not been on Xavi's side to be able to do much which makes Barcelona have to go down and play in the UEFA Europa League.
Being in the same group with Bayern Munich and Inter Milan, of course, makes Group C the toughest group for Barcelona. But Barcelona still has hope in La Liga and the UEFA Europa League.
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You don't seem to understand the problem of Barcelona. Barcelona has ideology problem and coaching problem. Barcelona team has great individual players like Lewandowski, Raphinha, Dembele, Fati, De Jong and many more that I cannot mention. They have players that can match Bayern Munich and other clubs but Xavi got it wrong. Why do you want Dembele to leave? Is Dembele the problem of Barcelona?
Barcelona has good players they need Xavi to change method.
They are obsessed with tiki taka but they did not realize that tiki taka has already been decrypted by so many coaches and teams. If they keep continuing to obsess with tiki taka, they are self-damage their progress to rebuild the club.

Not mention their player quality nowadays is worse than years ago and they should accept a fact that Barcelona nowadays are no longer belong to most powerful clubs in the Europe. If they accept it, they will have a more relevant approach, use a better tactics for their players.

Additionally, a club can not rely solely on attacking to win matches and titles. They can if their attacking system is dominating in all matches and can cover weakness of defense. In reality, it is not what Barcelona attacking system have in this season.

Barcelona have the required players to meet up Bayern Munich strength in UEFEA and the both team players have the finished strikers with skillful wingers. There's absolutely nothing wrong with barça players, it's just that Xavi always start with the wrong lineups.
I disagree with this comparison. Barcelona have a lower quality than Bayern Munich and they are completely at different levels. Bayern belongs to Tier 1 and Barcelona belong to somewhere in between Tier 2 and Tier 3. That is why they will join Europa League soon.

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He should start the good players other than the familiar ones, like Frankie de Jong who have the strength to defend and he's also creative. There are also some players in the team that he give them insufficient playing time like Ansu Fati, I believe Fati is one key player because he's versatile and always good with forcing the ball to his opponents box. It's time for Xavi to drop the old players and start with the young ones who are eager to play games.
I agree that both De Jong and Fati should be given more opportunities to play. They are both good players especially De Jong who was a very important player for Barcelona before the return of Xavi.

Fati actually needs chance to play and improve after a long injury in the past season. I don't expect an outstanding performance instantly from Fati but Xavi must give this player more playing time.

@hd49728 Xavi started well, but he’s trying hard to please the board by taking decisions like keeping De Jong out of the team or playing him in defence and when a coach does that it effects the entire team’s morale.

Furthermore even though they’re out of the champions league they can yet challenge for the La Liga title if Xavi choses player’s on their merits and tweaks his system to accommodate his current set of player’s, but if he choses to repeat his mistakes then he’ll not win the league title this season too.
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