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Robert Lewandowski is disappointed (Reuters)
Although they are in first place in the Spanish league, Xavi’s Barcelona ended their journey in Europe tonight (Thursday) after losing 2:1 to Manchester United at Old Trafford and ending the pair of games between the teams with a score of 3:4 in favor of the Red Devils.
Xavi He spoke at the end of the game: “We will have to see what we can do in the summer transfer market, and if we have enough financial air in the fair play rules so that we can improve. We must have a hard self-criticism, we are not satisfied of course, but there is a big improvement in the team compared to last year.”
“The nightmare in Europe doesn’t want to end,” the Spanish newspaper AS wrote: “Xavi’s team failed once again in Europe, and although they led at Old Trafford, they were unable to cope with the English style of play in the second half.”
“Europe continues to be Barcelona’s weak point, even though it looked good in the first half, Ten Haah and Manchester did not struggle in the second half against Xavi’s players,” the Marca newspaper wrote.
Another problematic figure with which the team from Catalonia finished the European campaign, is the extreme goal absorption compared to the absorption in the Spanish league, when in the local league Xavi’s team has so far conceded only seven goals this season in 22 games, but in Europe, conceded an excessive number of 16 goals, in only eight games.
As mentioned, eight seasons of disappointment have passed over Barcelona fans, who have not been successful year after year since 2015, where they beat Juventus 1:3 in the final and lifted the Champions League trophy.
The number that Barcelona might want to forget more than anything else in the nightmarish European arena they have been through is the fact that the Catalan team has won one game in their last 15 games in Europe, against teams from the continent’s five top leagues.
