Champions League
Xavi: “The level of our performance is really low”
Barcelona coach Xavi criticized his team’s recent performances following their 1-0 defeat to Shakhtar, with the Spaniard also insisting that what the Catalans are working on on the pitch is not coming to fruition.
Another European defeat for Barcelona with Xavi on the bench, with the Catalans leaving Hamburg with their heads down after beating Shakhtar 1-0 on Matchday 4 of the Champions League. For the Spaniard it was the fifth defeat in the group stage of the top club competition and he ends up in a not so honorable list.
The one with the coaches of the Barcelona team who have been defeated most often in the Champions League groups and have been in the lead in this negative record since Tuesday evening (July 11th).
At the same time, based on the results, it seems that Europe does not go to the club’s former player, as he has one of the lowest winning rates in Barcelona’s history in European competitions, with – just 35%. He has an account in 20 games in the Champions League and Europa League 7 defeats, 7 wins And 6 ties.
However, the Spanish Blaugrana legend’s problems don’t end there, as his team’s “low flying” of late has set alarm bells ringing at the club Xavi saying after the game against Shakhtar that his players make mistakes from defense to attack. He also emphasized that the performance against the Ukrainian team was one of his worst Barcelona since he took over the management of the team.
Finally, he spoke about the reaction that his team tried to attract in the second half, described the defeat against the Ukrainian champions as fair and said: “Our performance level is very low at this point in time“.
Source: Sport 24
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Earlier, English Manchester City played a match against French Monaco in a new round of the UEFA Champions League.
After the match, the head coach of the “Locals” Pep Guardiola commented on the performance of the powerful team.
“In football you can always perform better – and this is the result. Our game today was very good in many ways. And step by step we will improve our results.”
Ale mi gave many speeches today in the right way. We created many scoring opportunities and found Phil Foden active in the first half. Most Gravians played at a fairly high level.
Previously, they did not let their opponents create anything, but created the chances themselves. We adapted very well to the superniks and played very well. This is my opinion.
If you get a good match on the right side, of course you have to… Today we got a great ball, that’s all I can tell you right away.
Holland? It’s really good. He plays to score goals. He struggled with three centre-backs and two supporting defenders in front of him, and it wasn’t easy for his partners to know that. Ale, we can work hard to score goals.
Tse bula spravdi garna gra. We created a lot of chances, but unfortunately in the end we didn’t defend perfectly against a free kick, which would have been quite a few, and we conceded a penalty, which was awarded when the ball hit the first one… well, that’s it.
Referee? “I have nothing to say to the Spanish referees,” said the Spanish footballer.
In the coming round, English Manchester City will visit Spanish Villarreal.
Source: Football UA
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Borussia Dortmund defeated Bask Athletic (4:1) in the match of the other round of the UEFA Champions League.
Problems for the Spanish team started to arise in the first half, when their opponents took away their goal and scored the first goal against their team.
Immediately the “jmeli” got the advantage, after which Athlete won one ball, but ultimately missed two more.
Kind regards, video of the highlights of the match between Borussia Dortmund and Athletic Bilbao in the 2nd round of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26:
Borussia Dortmund — Athletic Bilbao 4:1
Goli: Svensson, 29, Chukwuemeka, 51, Girassi, 82, Brandt, 90+1 – Guruseta, 61
Borussia Dortmund: Male – Sule (Schlotterbeck, 70), Anton, Bensebaine – R’erson, Sabitzer, Bellingham (Nmecha, 69), Svensson – Adeyemi (Bayer, 63), Chukwuemeka (Brandt, 63) – Girassi (Silva, 87)
Athletic Bilbao: Simon – Gorosabel, Vivian (Arezo, 46), Paredes, Lecue – Jauregisar (Laporte, 46), Rego – Williams (Ruiz de Galarreta, 46), Navarro, Gomez (Serrano, 63) – Sannadi (Sanchez, 80)
Next: Bayer-Paredes, Gorosabel
Source: Football UA
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Bayer Leverkusen played in the match of the other round of the UEFA Champions League on the field in a defeat against the Dutch PSV (1:1).
The spectators had the chance to watch the release of the sustrcha until halfway through the other half, when the teams exchanged goals and parted ways.
Kind regards, video of the highlights of the match between Bayer Leverkusen and PSV in the 2nd round of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26:
Bayer Leverkusen-PSV 1:1
Goli: Kofane, 65 — Saybari, 72
Bayer Leverkusen: Fleken – Kwansa, Bade, Tapsoba – Tap, Garcia, Fernandez, Grimaldo – Tillman (Maza, 80), Poku (Ben Segir, 74) – Cofane (Echeverri, 80)
PSV: Kovarzh – Junior, Obispo (Flamingo, 67), Gaserovski, Salah-Eddin – Saybari, Schouten, Wehrman – Man (Driush, 74), Til, Perishic (Bajraktarevich, 74)
Subject: Til-Saibari
Source: Football UA
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