Xavi Hernández, the worst record in 34 years and the memory of Luis Aragonés on the Camp Nou bench

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In football, today's problems are also yesterday's.

Pay attention to the dialogue that the coach has with the journalists in the press room.

- What does your new team lack to find that depth that is so necessary to set the course?

-Above all we need to shoot at the door.

Going further into the wall when you have online defenses in front.

And go higher and better on the bands.

-Do you also have to improve physically?

-In that aspect we have not been bad, but we must be better.

We will surely succeed.

-Does the game system have to be changed?

-No, the system is good.

You just have to tweak a few little things.

-Were you expecting defeat?

-I never hope to lose and I always try to instill the spirit of victory in my players.

Anyway, I'm not unhappy.

It has been fought, it has been fought (...).

I keep seeing that we can go up very soon.

We are not going to lose our morale.

The episode took place on Saturday, September 26, 1987 in the San Mamés press room.

, who was not willing to put up with

at Atlético, made his debut on the Barcelona bench with a defeat against Athletic (1-0). It was the great bet of President

, who had struck down

with the conviction that the team had reached the limit. A devastated squad since its players, already with

in his hotel room, began to miss penalties against Steaua in the final of the European Cup lost in Seville in 1986.

Luis did not start well.

After losing to Athletic, he also did it against Belenenses from Lisbon (1-0), although he was able to save the tie in a UEFA Cup in which the executioner would be Bayer Leverkusen, the final scourge of Espanyol.

He also fell in his third game, against his long-awaited Atlético, although it was delayed.

The match was suspended by referee Ramos Marcos in the 70th minute with 1-1 on the scoreboard.

A deluge made it impossible to move the ball.

The

took the opportunity to storm the box.

And what went wrong ended up worse.

Marina scored the 1-2 and signed the Barcelona defeat in the resumption of the duel, which did not occur until 25 days later.

The 1988 Cup

Aragonés lifted his chin, beating Sabadell and Dinamo Kiev, but a draw, this time against Mallorca at the Camp Nou (2-2), brought him back to reality. "And it could be worse," assumed Zapatones, despite the fact that he always said he was convinced that, despite so much fog, despite the specter of depression that haunted him, he would win a title. So it was. He won the Copa del Rey against a Real Sociedad that was a favorite (1-0, goal by

). And before handing over the baton to

he positioned himself alongside his footballers in the Hesperia Mutiny against Núñez. Prelude to the definitive purification in the house and the beginning of a new time.

34 years have passed since Luis Aragonés began his journey with two wins, one draw and three defeats in his first six games as Barça coach. That is where

must look

if he intends to compare his records in his first six stakes. The image that Barcelona had of that Luis Aragonés, who was never treated as someone who could have a long journey at the Camp Nou, has nothing to do with the image of Xavi, with the reception of Messiah.

Xavi, who always saw Luis Aragonés as a fundamental coach in his explosion as a footballer, has encountered problems very similar to those that Hortaleza had to face.

A staff worn out physically and emotionally, with pieces that are known to be completely expendable, without expectations either in Europe or in the League (Luis's Barça finished sixth), and with a club pending to pile up signings to erase memories.

Xavi, in his first six games, has only won two games (Espanyol, Villarreal), has drawn another two (Benfica and Osasuna) and has lost against Betis and Bayern.

"Change the dynamics anyway"

This Saturday at the Camp Nou, in front of an Elche that fights for permanence, Barcelona will have a new opportunity to breathe.

“We need to win to change the dynamics.

Anyway ”, assumed this Friday the coach of Terrassa.

Lorenzo Serra Ferrer

(2000-01), who had another twilight Barça in his hands, also had a bad start as a Barça coach (three wins and three losses).

(two wins, two draws, two losses)

nailed Xavi's record in his first six games as manager (1982-83).

Although the numbers without context, they can also be bloody.

The

won four of their first six games, drawing the other two.

He kept his team unbeaten for the first 20 games, and lost the one that was 21 against Ajax.

Few coaches at Barcelona were as ridiculed as the Argentine.

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