Xavi: “The level of our performance is really low”

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“.