Xavi Hernandez would encourage his new young players to suit up for the main squad, because it's time to elevate the team to the next level, no longer counting on the primary players, but rather sticking to future plans, which are the young players who are eager to start for the team, which might crumble currently, but they will definitely become stronger in games. I doubt Barcelona will reach a vital stage in the UEFA Champions League this season because they are woefully underperforming in La Liga but are yet to show any signs in UCL competition.
In the Champions League Barcelona has quite the advantage over the teams that are not that strong in group H, but in La Liga Barcelona is still able to be beaten by its true rivals like yesterday at home so it is appropriate for Barcelona to use young players in their squad without more reliance on aging main players. I also think that in the Champions League this season Barcelona will not run smoothly because there are many strong teams that will be obstacles for him, but in La Liga Barcelona still has the opportunity to make improvements in order to advance to first place this season. 
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Several teams that have consistently won in the last 3 Champions League matches are Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Barcelona. I think these four teams will only need 2 more wins to maintain their chances of safely qualifying for the next round and I think it will be quite easy for them. For Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, perhaps they are in a quite difficult group because Manchester United and Napoli are predicted to disrupt their chances, but it seems that is no longer a problem. On the other hand, Manchester City and Barcelona are in a group filled mostly with weak teams and I think it will be easier for both of them to secure points in the next match without any problems.
I think that people need to stop to use financial issues as excuses. Barcelona has also a good quality of club. It doesn't even make sense to keep say that financial issued as the problem that was preventing barcelona to win the game. Barcelona has not yet paid its transfer fees to the other clubs. No reason to use it as a way to not judge him. In fact, those guys being chosen by xavi itself and barcelona bought them all with all of money.
Who is the guy intitiating lewandowski or even felix to be bought from another club? It's xavi. That's why stop to call him as a best coach in the world. Barcelona does have high quality players on its club.
Some garbage clubs like girona has only a few quality players on its club compared with barcelona but the coach was able changing the club a lot. That being said that when there will be more people to join in the club didn't also guarantee if the club can win the game.
I think that it's a common thing to blame xavi for his fault caused by he has responsibility over his club. This is the main concern for xavi about how to implement a better strategy.
Laporta was making a move based on xavi's request.
I think there is nothing to blame when the club doesn't get good results, Barcelona tried their best and they were unlucky, Madrid deserves appreciation. I also understand that victory is not achieved by luck alone, but rather by going through such a preparation stage. El Clasico matches always absorb a lot of emotion, giving rise to various reactions from fans, but what is clear is that we have seen matches like this many times, and we have also seen both of them beat each other in the past.Who is the guy intitiating lewandowski or even felix to be bought from another club? It's xavi. That's why stop to call him as a best coach in the world. Barcelona does have high quality players on its club.
Some garbage clubs like girona has only a few quality players on its club compared with barcelona but the coach was able changing the club a lot. That being said that when there will be more people to join in the club didn't also guarantee if the club can win the game.
I think that it's a common thing to blame xavi for his fault caused by he has responsibility over his club. This is the main concern for xavi about how to implement a better strategy.
Laporta was making a move based on xavi's request.
Overall I quite enjoyed the match, and Bellingham was the difference in last edition of El Clasiko. Despite Barcelona defeat, this is not a game that completely determines the end of the season, I mean there are 27 more games ahead, and we never know how the season will end.
I think it's still too early to predict anything about Barcelona. , they have to improve a lot of their shortcomings to be able to perform even better.
Barcelona fans and their hierarchy have to be very patient with Xavi, they cannot win the CL this season, and i don't think it is going to happen anytime soon, last season Xavi managed to win the LaLiga, but they were eliminated from the CL in the group stage. There is progress this season, because they have won 3 out of 3 in their group and they are almost certain to qualify, but how far can they go? I don't think it is possible for Barcelona to go past the QF stage of the CL this season, they were used to being contenders of the CL every season, but not anymore and their fans have to live with it.You've said your own opinion on how the season will be for Barcelona. The board members and management are not applying pressure on Xavi Hernandez. Yes, he is a Barcelona legend and they give time to them legends just like they did with Koeman.
Barcelona has whatever it takes to win the Champions League, they have experienced players that have won the Champions League final.
They could go on winning the next three fixtures in the group, that I double doubt because of Porto who are right behind them. Players like, IIkay Gundogan, Robert Lewandoski, Marcos Alonso and lastly, Christensen has experience. They have the players and depth to win too.
We can't judge Barcelona like this, we know Xavi is a great coach but we can't forget that Barcelona has many financial issues and this team couldn't buy the players Xavi needs to have. In fact, even if Xavi is the best coach in the world still he needs better players, I think that's why they lost the El Classico game recently against Real Madrid in La Liga.
I think that people need to stop to use financial issues as excuses. Barcelona has also a good quality of club. It doesn't even make sense to keep say that financial issued as the problem that was preventing barcelona to win the game. Barcelona has not yet paid its transfer fees to the other clubs. No reason to use it as a way to not judge him. In fact, those guys being chosen by xavi itself and barcelona bought them all with all of money. Who is the guy intitiating lewandowski or even felix to be bought from another club? It's xavi. That's why stop to call him as a best coach in the world. Barcelona does have high quality players on its club.
Some garbage clubs like girona has only a few quality players on its club compared with barcelona but the coach was able changing the club a lot. That being said that when there will be more people to join in the club didn't also guarantee if the club can win the game.
I think that it's a common thing to blame xavi for his fault caused by he has responsibility over his club. This is the main concern for xavi about how to implement a better strategy.
Laporta was making a move based on xavi's request.
I don't think the Barcelona squad is very strong. There are weaknesses in the Barcelona squad. Still, this squad has the ability to perform well against the big teams. Barcelona lost yesterday against Madrid. But there is no way to say that Barcelona's performance was too bad. Barcelona played well but luck was not with them. However, Xavi still needs to work on making the team more stable. If you want to win the Champions League title, you must come to take more consistency in Barcelona's performance. Without consistency of performance, it is not possible to do well in the Champions League. Xavi is a very hardworking coach. It is expected that Barcelona will do well in the Champions League this season.
Xavi Hernandez would encourage his new young players to suit up for the main squad, because it's time to elevate the team to the next level, no longer counting on the primary players, but rather sticking to future plans, which are the young players who are eager to start for the team, which might crumble currently, but they will definitely become stronger in games. I doubt Barcelona will reach a vital stage in the UEFA Champions League this season because they are woefully underperforming in La Liga but are yet to show any signs in UCL competition. 
I think it's still too early to predict anything about Barcelona. , they have to improve a lot of their shortcomings to be able to perform even better.
Barcelona fans and their hierarchy have to be very patient with Xavi, they cannot win the CL this season, and i don't think it is going to happen anytime soon, last season Xavi managed to win the LaLiga, but they were eliminated from the CL in the group stage. There is progress this season, because they have won 3 out of 3 in their group and they are almost certain to qualify, but how far can they go? I don't think it is possible for Barcelona to go past the QF stage of the CL this season, they were used to being contenders of the CL every season, but not anymore and their fans have to live with it. 
I think his post is nothing to do with the match between Barcelona vs Real Madrid. It is true that Barcelona is dominating group H, they always win every match and be the leader of group H now. It is very obvious that Barcelona performance in UCL looks impressive so far. However, it is still in group phase, we don't know how Barcelona can maintain the good form when the group phase is over (knockout phase).
I don't want to conclude how far Barcelona to compete in UCL based on the result on La Liga. Sometimes, the performance in UCL and local competition can be different or contradictory (opposite). Although Barcelona looks dropping their performance in La Liga, how knows if they can play better in UCL.
I don't want to conclude how far Barcelona to compete in UCL based on the result on La Liga. Sometimes, the performance in UCL and local competition can be different or contradictory (opposite). Although Barcelona looks dropping their performance in La Liga, how knows if they can play better in UCL.
It all depends on who they meet at the 1/8 final stage. At the moment, Barcelona have average results - in La Liga they have drawn three times with weak teams and once lost the game to a strong team (Real Madrid). With no other big games Barcelona have had this season, it was hard to tell how good or bad they were overall. But if at the 1/8 stage they come across someone strong, then I am sure that Barcelona will be the underdog.
Barcelona needs more time to win the Champions League. I don't think they can win the champions league this season. Since it is a young team, the harmony of the players will increase over time. They may be playing well for now, but their performance may not be sufficient at the Champions League level.
This is not a criterion because the victories they won in the groups were not difficult matches. There are much better teams than Barcelona and I do not give Barcelona a chance this season.
It's true, the current Barcelona squad is not yet mature enough to win the Champions League title and even though it has several experienced players, complete maturity is still needed if you want to win the title. Barcelona has been on hiatus for 7 years in the race for the Champions League title and even now they still don't look like a strong candidate to win.This is not a criterion because the victories they won in the groups were not difficult matches. There are much better teams than Barcelona and I do not give Barcelona a chance this season.
The group phase is the easiest place for them to qualify and moreover they are in a group filled with teams that are not that strong so to advance to the round of 16 it would be very open, but if they were to be in the quarter finals it would be very difficult for them face other strong teams.
I think domestic matches and matches in the Champions League are very different, even though they lost against Real Madrid, Barca still has a chance to perform much better in Champions League because I'm quite sure that Xavi knows how to divide his performance well to be able to work hard. in the champions league to try to appear strong with the players he has and it is proven that in this champions league Barca is able to perform very well to be able to qualify for the next round showing everyone doubts that Barcelona will at least continue to win in every match in this champions league.
Personally I don't think the loss Barcelona suffered against Real Madrid in their domestic league will in any way be a problem to them I'm the champions league because Real Madrid is way better when compared to their next opponent in the UCL Shakhtar Donetsk, with Real Madrid I could consider that loss a fair one even if it was sad they Barcelona was leading before they later lost at home.Definitely Barcelona will do much better in the UCl regardless of that performance in the la Liga over the weekend, they are in a group where they look like the most superior when compared to everyother team in the same group, over the week, we will be having the fourth round of the UCL where Barcelona will be playing against Shakhtar Donetsk from away but I don't see any advantage on the side of Shakhtar Donetskim this fixture.
I don't think the Barcelona squad is very strong. There are weaknesses in the Barcelona squad. Still, this squad has the ability to perform well against the big teams. Barcelona lost yesterday against Madrid. But there is no way to say that Barcelona's performance was too bad. Barcelona played well but luck was not with them. However, Xavi still needs to work on making the team more stable. If you want to win the Champions League title, you must come to take more consistency in Barcelona's performance. Without consistency of performance, it is not possible to do well in the Champions League. Xavi is a very hardworking coach. It is expected that Barcelona will do well in the Champions League this season.
I think domestic matches and matches in the Champions League are very different, even though they lost against Real Madrid, Barca still has a chance to perform much better in Champions League because I'm quite sure that Xavi knows how to divide his performance well to be able to work hard. in the champions league to try to appear strong with the players he has and it is proven that in this champions league Barca is able to perform very well to be able to qualify for the next round showing everyone doubts that Barcelona will at least continue to win in every match in this champions league. Barcelona seem to be very lucky been grouped with Porto, Sharkhtar and Antwerp because clearly they are dominating in the group winning all three first legs and leading with nine points with Porto following behind with 6 points. It doesn’t look like Barcelona will lose even a game in this group, their future in the UCL this season looks very promising.
I believe that you made this statement before the Barcelona vs Real Madrid in the weekend where their we're defeated by a goal difference, although the overall performance of Barcelona in the Champions League has been very impressive bit in the other leagues such as the La Liga, the club is already gradually falling behind in the number of won games. But if it is the UEFA then we can bank on the Barcelona squad to do something very impressive and much respected by the fans and even the other football spectators who may be interested in seeing the club win.
Every team has several weaknesses. Barcelona's performance is erratic. In La Liga, they could not occupy the top spot in the table. Real Madrid is playing very well it is true. However, the attacking side of this team is quite weak. Real Madrid are reliant on their midfielders. Manchester City's squad looks very strong but the City's midfield is quite weak without De Bruyne. And because of this, City's performance is also a bit slow compared to the previous season. All teams have some weaknesses. This is why it is difficult to predict which team will win the Champions League title this season. Despite Barcelona's erratic performance, this team will also be considered favorites for the Champions League title. Because they have an excellent squad.
I won't count barcelona caused by this club is only lucky to be placed in the easy team. There may be also PSG who will become a good candidate to go to the final but it has not good bound.
Im not even seeing barcelon as the most favorite club to win UCL this time. City, real madrid and bayern are the most favorites club to win the UCL trophy. you can also imagine that if barcelona will face bayern. There will be also another amazing match like when bayern destroyed barcelona with huge scores.
Barcelona is not as competitive as real madrid, bayern and manchester city this time. Im sure barcelona will struggle when it will face those clubs.
Barcelona needs more time to win the Champions League. I don't think they can win the champions league this season. Since it is a young team, the harmony of the players will increase over time. They may be playing well for now, but their performance may not be sufficient at the Champions League level.
This is not a criterion because the victories they won in the groups were not difficult matches. There are much better teams than Barcelona and I do not give Barcelona a chance this season.
At least they can beat Munich or Manchester City as the strongest clubs in the UCL including Madrid, it is certain that it is clearly very difficult for Barcelona to overcome and get past that club, Barcelona has a lot to fix to be able to become the best club and win the UCL title again after Having failed in the UCL for so long, I think Xavi has a tough task to bring Barcelona back to shine at the UCL level.This is not a criterion because the victories they won in the groups were not difficult matches. There are much better teams than Barcelona and I do not give Barcelona a chance this season.
Even though there are several talented young players, it's not enough, Barcelona still doesn't look better, just look at yesterday's El Clasico match where they still couldn't beat Madrid, who have reached class at UCL level, I think it's still too early to predict anything about Barcelona. , they have to improve a lot of their shortcomings to be able to perform even better.
only candidate from La Liga that looks more convincing is Real Madrid because in terms of performance Madrid players are better prepared to take on every match in UCL. on one hand, there are other goals in january Ancelotti will improve any existing weaknesses and replace players with new, more talented players. on the one hand, we have admitted that Barcelona does not have visible readiness for UCL match, so it is certain that the only viable candidate is Real Madrid.
but if we talk about candidates from other leagues, Man City is still the favorite as long they still have Haaland City opportunity is still wide open to win the title and regarding De Bruyne, Guardiola already has a way to find the right player to replace De Bruyne.
Barcelona seem to be very lucky been grouped with Porto, Sharkhtar and Antwerp because clearly they are dominating in the group winning all three first legs and leading with nine points with Porto following behind with 6 points. It doesn’t look like Barcelona will lose even a game in this group, their future in the UCL this season looks very promising.
I believe that you made this statement before the Barcelona vs Real Madrid in the weekend where their we're defeated by a goal difference, although the overall performance of Barcelona in the Champions League has been very impressive bit in the other leagues such as the La Liga, the club is already gradually falling behind in the number of won games. But if it is the UEFA then we can bank on the Barcelona squad to do something very impressive and much respected by the fans and even the other football spectators who may be interested in seeing the club win.
Barcelona did perform well in the Champions League but that does not mean Barcelona is the favorite in the Champions League because Barcelona it is facing a team that is not too difficult for to faced and Barcelona can lead Group H at the moment.
I thinks Barcelona still has a lot to learn because the competition in the UCL is very tight especially since they just suffered a defeat against Real Madrid so I don't think Barcelona has a chance to trophy in the Champions League this season.
in my opinion the strong candidates to win the title this season are Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.
Barcelona performed well in UEFA Champion League depend with their group stage opponent teams, have won 3 of 3 matches its most impressive performed from Barcelona but they have weakness opponent teams such as FC Porto, Royal Antwerp and Shakhtar Donetsk. No doubt with Barcelona opportunity will qualify to next round but not sure they will have good result on knock out round, looking current standings in H, Barcelona one step closer will lead to next round behind 9 points and ahead 6 points from 3rd teams position standings Shakhtar Donetsk. For domestic league performed, we can see how poor performance with Barcelona exactly after losing from Real Madrid in el clasico match. I thinks Barcelona still has a lot to learn because the competition in the UCL is very tight especially since they just suffered a defeat against Real Madrid so I don't think Barcelona has a chance to trophy in the Champions League this season.
in my opinion the strong candidates to win the title this season are Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.
This season in UEFA Champion League, Barcelona get more lucky with group stage drawing and there are not strong opponent teams with Barcelona such as Bayern Munich and Inter Milan regarding last season Barcelona's opponent teams in Champion League.
Barcelona needs more time to win the Champions League. I don't think they can win the champions league this season. Since it is a young team, the harmony of the players will increase over time. They may be playing well for now, but their performance may not be sufficient at the Champions League level.
This is not a criterion because the victories they won in the groups were not difficult matches. There are much better teams than Barcelona and I do not give Barcelona a chance this season.
Barcelona did perform well in the Champions League but that does not mean Barcelona is the favorite in the Champions League because Barcelona it is facing a team that is not too difficult for to faced and Barcelona can lead Group H at the moment.
I thinks Barcelona still has a lot to learn because the competition in the UCL is very tight especially since they just suffered a defeat against Real Madrid so I don't think Barcelona has a chance to trophy in the Champions League this season.
in my opinion the strong candidates to win the title this season are Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.
Barcelona performed well in UEFA Champion League depend with their group stage opponent teams, have won 3 of 3 matches its most impressive performed from Barcelona but they have weakness opponent teams such as FC Porto, Royal Antwerp and Shakhtar Donetsk. No doubt with Barcelona opportunity will qualify to next round but not sure they will have good result on knock out round, looking current standings in H, Barcelona one step closer will lead to next round behind 9 points and ahead 6 points from 3rd teams position standings Shakhtar Donetsk. For domestic league performed, we can see how poor performance with Barcelona exactly after losing from Real Madrid in el clasico match. I thinks Barcelona still has a lot to learn because the competition in the UCL is very tight especially since they just suffered a defeat against Real Madrid so I don't think Barcelona has a chance to trophy in the Champions League this season.
in my opinion the strong candidates to win the title this season are Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.
This season in UEFA Champion League, Barcelona get more lucky with group stage drawing and there are not strong opponent teams with Barcelona such as Bayern Munich and Inter Milan regarding last season Barcelona's opponent teams in Champion League.
Every team has several weaknesses. Barcelona's performance is erratic. In La Liga, they could not occupy the top spot in the table. Real Madrid is playing very well it is true. However, the attacking side of this team is quite weak. Real Madrid are reliant on their midfielders. Manchester City's squad looks very strong but the City's midfield is quite weak without De Bruyne. And because of this, City's performance is also a bit slow compared to the previous season. All teams have some weaknesses. This is why it is difficult to predict which team will win the Champions League title this season. Despite Barcelona's erratic performance, this team will also be considered favorites for the Champions League title. Because they have an excellent squad.
I thinks Barcelona still has a lot to learn because the competition in the UCL is very tight especially since they just suffered a defeat against Real Madrid so I don't think Barcelona has a chance to trophy in the Champions League this season.
in my opinion the strong candidates to win the title this season are Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.
Barcelona seem to be very lucky been grouped with Porto, Sharkhtar and Antwerp because clearly they are dominating in the group winning all three first legs and leading with nine points with Porto following behind with 6 points. It doesn’t look like Barcelona will lose even a game in this group, their future in the UCL this season looks very promising.
I believe that you made this statement before the Barcelona vs Real Madrid in the weekend where their we're defeated by a goal difference, although the overall performance of Barcelona in the Champions League has been very impressive bit in the other leagues such as the La Liga, the club is already gradually falling behind in the number of won games. But if it is the UEFA then we can bank on the Barcelona squad to do something very impressive and much respected by the fans and even the other football spectators who may be interested in seeing the club win.
Every team has several weaknesses. Barcelona's performance is erratic. In La Liga, they could not occupy the top spot in the table. Real Madrid is playing very well it is true. However, the attacking side of this team is quite weak. Real Madrid are reliant on their midfielders. Manchester City's squad looks very strong but the City's midfield is quite weak without De Bruyne. And because of this, City's performance is also a bit slow compared to the previous season. All teams have some weaknesses. This is why it is difficult to predict which team will win the Champions League title this season. Despite Barcelona's erratic performance, this team will also be considered favorites for the Champions League title. Because they have an excellent squad.
but if we talk about candidates from other leagues, Man City is still the favorite as long they still have Haaland City opportunity is still wide open to win the title and regarding De Bruyne, Guardiola already has a way to find the right player to replace De Bruyne.
Barcelona seem to be very lucky been grouped with Porto, Sharkhtar and Antwerp because clearly they are dominating in the group winning all three first legs and leading with nine points with Porto following behind with 6 points. It doesn’t look like Barcelona will lose even a game in this group, their future in the UCL this season looks very promising.
Even if they lose I don't think it will change anything in general, they can relax in some of the difficult periods and not really care about the group stage match. That doesn't sound like a good idea, but I don't know what will happen by then. The other question is what stage can they get to? Maybe they will fall out already in 1/8, what then? Barcelona will secure the round of 16 from the top of the table. And I don't think Barcelona will have too much trouble securing the quarter-finals. However, it will be very difficult for Barcelona to qualify for the semi-finals. Because every team that qualified for the quarter finals will be very strong. Barcelona are the most likely to be eliminated from the quarter-finals.
They played against their long term rivals Real Madrid today in the Spanish league and were beaten at home by the Real Madrid. Though their defeat today doesn't necessarily mean that they're a weak team but I think they aren't good enough to challenge against European giants like Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Paris Saint Germaine and Real Madrid.
I don't think the Barcelona squad is very strong. There are weaknesses in the Barcelona squad. Still, this squad has the ability to perform well against the big teams. Barcelona lost yesterday against Madrid. But there is no way to say that Barcelona's performance was too bad. Barcelona played well but luck was not with them. However, Xavi still needs to work on making the team more stable. If you want to win the Champions League title, you must come to take more consistency in Barcelona's performance. Without consistency of performance, it is not possible to do well in the Champions League. Xavi is a very hardworking coach. It is expected that Barcelona will do well in the Champions League this season.
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