Where is this Barcelona season going? The Catalans missed last night (Monday) an opportunity to move up to second place in the Spanish league, and remained 8 points behind the leader Real Madrid after a weak 0:0 draw in San Mames against Athletic Bilbao.
Now that Xavi has already been eliminated from the cup and is unable to get close to the Blancos in the league – he needs to make sure that at least against Napoli in the round of 16 of the Champions League in nine days he will be able to come out with the upper hand. However, he now has two new big problems with the injuries to Pedri and Frankie de Jong.
The two were injured and replaced during the first half, and in Spain it is reported that they are at least doubtful for the game against Napoli. In doing so, Xavi’s injured line is only getting thicker when Gabi, Balda, Marcos Alonso and Fran Torres are already in it. “It’s a game that’s an absolute disaster,” AS wrote following the new injuries. Xavi He referred to the two’s injuries and said: “It’s a shame, we’ll know more tomorrow, but right now it doesn’t look good. We’re very sad.”
At the same time, in Barcelona, of course, the weak capacity also hurts. “We missed an opportunity here, I’m disappointed,” said Xavi, “we weren’t at the level we expect ourselves to be. We didn’t have a good game and we had to take a step forward. This game demanded more from us, we could have given a lot more.”
In Catalan sports, they harshly criticized the team’s ability, and wrote: “Barcelona simply did not play football and let the train pass them. They failed to crack Bilbao’s defense and wasted a gift from Real Madrid. It was a very disappointing game.”
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