The Champions League insists on showing Xavi's dark side: "He's a good chestnut"

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The

's dark side

.

For now, his stats are far from what was expected.

Above all, with all the movements that took place throughout the past summer.

Some movements that culminated in the arrival of many reinforcements, among which are investments as powerful as those made to bring in

,

and, above all,

.

Last season, the current Barça coach added a draw and a defeat in the two league games remaining for

in the highest European competition, a 0-0 win against

at home and a 3-0 away win against

.

In this edition, they have three defeats, two of them against the Germans, 2-0 in

and 0-3 at the

, and one against

, in Milan, 1-0, a 3-3 against the Italians in Barcelona and a 5–1 triumph, with the Cinderella of the group,

, as the scapegoat.

"I want to thank the fans for their unconditional support.

. It is appreciated and it is a pity that we have not been able to show the

they deserve on the pitch. Now, we have to disconnect from the Champions League and face reality. I already said that we had to grow based on chestnuts and

ones, "analyzed the technician at

.

"

, we have not reached their level. Bayern has been very good, much better than us, more intense. I am sure that the elimination before the game has affected us psychologically", said a Xavi who insisted on the cruelty who has had the highest European competition with his team in this edition.

"We still have faith"

"I understand that from the outside there is talk of failure, but from the inside we do another analysis.

, but if we analyze the other games, I think we deserved something more," explained the coach, who also wanted to leave a important nuance: "It has been very cruel, but we have not competed. On other occasions yes, but not this time. "

, but we continue to have faith and desire that this team will progress more and more" , assured in declarations to

a

that he tried to rescue, at least, the way in which the Barcelona supporters supported his team.

"Unfortunately, the miracle we hoped for didn't happen. Emotionally, the match was very difficult and the fans cheered at all times. I want to thank them for all the support they have given on such a difficult day. The players have stood up, I don't know Nothing can blame them, and we have to look forward. The League and other competitions remain, we have to overcome. We already knew that in this process there were going to be ups and downs", stressed the Barça president, who broke a spear in favor of his fans.

"We have shown that

. They have been encouraging from the first minute, the coach has made the youngsters play, that is how they are being formed and I am very grateful to them, because they have shown their faces", he insisted.

"It has been seen that it does not reach us"

The tireless support of the stands found its climax after the game.

Once both the elimination and the defeat had been consummated, and with an increasingly empty Camp Nou, the animation stands, located in the north end, asked with their chants that the players, who had already gone to the changing rooms, return to come out to impress your support on them.

The footballers, after a few moments, heeded his request and responded with applause to his effort.

Xavi, a little later, also went to meet them to thank them for the gesture.

"We owe the fans a lot of things.

, we owe them titles and I hope they happen," said Pedri in the mixed zone.

"We are very young, there are many signings and we don't know each other and it always takes time, but these are a failure, because you always have to get past the group stage," said the Canarian.

"We have many things to improve and

. We have to improve a lot and be self-critical to move forward," reiterated the midfielder, who also wanted to point out the emotional difficulty of the duel.

"It's difficult to go out knowing that you're eliminated. We didn't go out to do this game or this result, but it turned out that way. It's a bad drink, but we have to continue,"

said before the Movistar cameras.

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