Xavi Hernandez says Barcelona don't should be within the Champions League, regardless of his aspect nonetheless being in with an opportunity of qualifying for the knockout levels.
These likelihood is hanging by a thread after a dramatic 3-3 draw with Inter Milan on the Camp Nou on Wednesday night time, which leaves Barca third in Group C.
Bayern Munich are making a mockery of the ‘Group of Demise’ tag as they sit prime with 4 wins from 4, with Inter on seven factors and Barcelona with simply 4 from 4 video games.
With clashes in opposition to Bayern and backside aspect Viktoria Plzen to come back, Barca might nonetheless scrape into the final 16, however Xavi already thinks they've proved they don’t deserve it.
Barcelona took the lead in opposition to Inter on Wednesday, then fell behind, equalised, however lastly wanted a stoppage time equaliser from Robert Lewandowski to pinch some extent after a really ropy defensive show which angered the supervisor.
‘I’m very upset, unhappy, annoyed, I’m offended,’ stated Xavi after the match, by way of Barca Common. ‘I've to be self-critical, we don’t should play within the Champions League. It hurts me, nevertheless it’s the reality.
‘I apologise to the followers as a result of we made the errors, we had set our minds to not fail, and we have now failed, so we have now to apologise to the followers, who've been fantastic. I need to inform them that we are going to work to show this example round and win titles.’
Barcelona are prime of La Liga, so it's not all doom and gloom, however they won't be stuffed with confidence once they tackle Actual Madrid in El Clasico on Sunday.
‘Let’s hope that at this time’s sport doesn’t have an effect on us for El Clasico by way of mentality, the gamers have given their all at this time,’ stated Xavi. ‘The objective for this season remains to be the identical, to win trophies.’
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