Coach Xavi from FC Barcelona was a bit lost for words after the spectacular 3: 3 (1: 0) against Inter Milan.

"It's hard to say anything," Xavi said after the draw in Champions League Group C, which shouldn't be enough to progress.

"We played well in the first half and deserved more.

But this is football.

We made a lot of mistakes," complained the 42-year-old, "it's brutal for us."

If Inter Milan gets three points in the remaining two group games against Viktoria Plzen without a chance and pointless and FC Bayern, Barcelona would fail in the group phase even with two of their own victories over Pilsen and Munich as in the previous year.

Because Inter won the direct comparison against Barcelona, ​​which counts in the case of a tie.

And that, although everything should be better now.

Against Inter, star striker Robert Lewandowski had averted the premature end with two goals for the time being.

The 34-year-old made it 2-2 and 3-3 (82nd minute/90+2), the 1-0 for the Catalans was scored by former Dortmund player Ousmane Dembelé (40th).

Barcelona's defense in particular shook against Inter, Nicolo Barrella (50th), Lautaro Martinez (63rd) and Robin Gosens (89th) punished the gaps.

Barça goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen had to save the 3: 3 with a world-class save in injury time - but one point is probably not enough.

"It's disappointing," said Barcelona captain Sergio Busquets, explaining: "It's a difficult group, but we should have done better with all the new signings." It's not over yet, "but it's going to be very difficult now because we are no longer solely dependent on ourselves.”

"Crazy Events" in Barcelona

The threat of FC Barcelona's Champions League exit was also a big topic of conversation at FC Bayern after their own entry into the round of 16.

After the German record champions' 4-2 win at Viktoria Pilsen on Wednesday evening, Thomas Müller reported that the "crazy events" at Barcelona's 3-3 draw in the parallel game had been noticed.

Bayern have to play away at Barça in two weeks with former team-mate Lewandowski.

You know “of course” that you can then shoot Barcelona into the Europa League, Müller commented on the constellation.

"Inter have now played two games very well against Barcelona," commented Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann on Barça's surprisingly precarious situation in the difficult group.

"We want to be first in the group," announced Nagelsmann, looking ahead to the game at Camp Nou.

"But of course Barça is a top team, has a very good coach, has upgraded very well and plays very good football.

Regardless of whether they get to the knockout phase or are eliminated, I still think they're very good to watch," said Nagelsmann: "They will also challenge us a lot in the game in Barcelona."