Sports area and management are clear that the coach will reverse the situation
They believe that the team will arrive well at the decisive moment of the season
Xavi Hernández already said a few days ago that a coach must be prepared for everything and that at Barça the demand is maximum so the results dictate. The coach is very clear about it and so is the club: there is absolute confidence in the coach despite the poor play in recent games and there is no doubt about the coach’s work. xAvi has the full support of the club and this will be the case throughout the season since the commitment to the coach is total and that is why he was renewed at the beginning of the year.
The environment is agitated after the defeat in the Clásico and, above all, due to the team’s decline in play against Real Sociedad and Shakhtar. It is evident that there is a sporting crisis, but at Barça they are clear that there is time to turn things around and that what counts is that the team is practically classified for the round of 16 of the Champions League, four points behind Girona and two behind Madrid. in the league. The situation is worrying, but by no means limit at this point in the season.
The sports commission will analyze with Xavi the team’s bad moment and will try to find solutions. For everyone, it is now key to maintain unity and leave a message of clear support for the coach so that the squad does not have a single doubt that the project is non-negotiable. From there, they hope that Barça will go ahead with the match against Alavés at home to go towards a national team break that can be very good for the players to reduce tension and think more calmly about everything that is happening.
The coaching staff is clear that the failure of the classic has hurt their confidence and that the players are going through a difficult time. Nobody doubts the intensity and work of the footballers, but they do doubt the fear of failing. They are losing prominence with the ball and defensively the fact of not being able to dominate the rival is being noticed. Xavi is going to take measures, but it must be the players who step forward because they have shown that they can play at a high level.
What they are clear about at Barça is that there is enough staff to go for all the competitions. In the last two years, very high-level players have arrived and practically all positions are doubled. It is true that the loss of Busquets has hurt and that with the departure of Dembélé the excess was lost, but everything has been covered with signings and the emergence of players from the reserve team and it should be enough to complete the season. It is very unlikely that Barça will go to the market during this month of January.
The board will fully maintain its support for Xavi and will not take any action this season. Everyone is clear that the grades will arrive at the end of the season, a time in which the team’s performance and whether the objectives have been achieved must be analyzed in more depth. For now everyone thinks that it is better that the crisis of play and confidence arrives now in November because if it is reversed, the team will arrive in the best possible conditions at the end of the season.