Xavi bears responsibility for Barcelona's approach to the "European League"

Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez admitted, "It's my fault" after his exciting 3-3 draw with Inter Milan in the Champions League, and he is close to leaving the group stage for the second season in a row.

Barcelona occupies third place with four points in Group C behind leaders Bayern Munich (12), who secured his ticket to the final price, and Inter II (7).

Also, his fate is no longer in his hands, as even if he wins the last two matches against his Bavarian and Czech hosts Viktoria Plzen, he needs Inter to waste points in each of his last two matches due to the Italian team’s superiority in the two direct confrontations between them after their 1-0 victory in Milan this week. Past.

"The first goal of Inter was a blow to us and the second goal cannot get this level of competition, in football at the highest level," Xavi said after the match, referring to defensive errors from Gerard Pique and Eric Garcia.

"We showed faith and character to the end. This competition was very tough for us: in Munich, with our lack of realism, in Milan and today (yesterday) with our mistakes."

The match in the "Camp Nou" witnessed an exciting end, as three goals were scored within 10 minutes.

After the Catalans seemed to be on the way to losing after being late, Poland's Robert Lewandowski equalized in the 82nd minute, before German substitute Ruben Gouzens returned the lead to the visitors (89).

However, the former Bayern striker kept Barcelona's low hopes of staying in the tournament by equalizing in overtime (90 + 2).

Xavi, who reached the head of the technical staff in the middle of last season from Al-Sadd, added, "Even if we still have a mathematical chance (to qualify), it is no longer only in our hands. We keep hope, but it will be very difficult. This is because of our mistakes, and nothing but that".

And he added, "We played a good first half, but our mistakes killed us. It's tough and difficult. But if the defense made mistakes, that means I made them. If Pique, Busquets, Pedri or Dembélé were wrong, then I was wrong. It's my responsibility. In the second half, we didn't play with concentration." It's a training mistake. When you draw at home with great players like tonight, it's my fault. There is no problem. I'm angry, frustrated, sad and upset."

Barcelona is waiting for a summit in the league on Sunday in the El Clasico match with its host and rivals Real Madrid to try to break the partnership between them, as both are equal with 22 points in the lead.

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