La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[W Jr.]

Despite Barcelona recording a successful season under Xavi, the club still needs some good additions to the team especially after seeing two or more players departing the club this season it is natural to expect reinforcements in crucial positions  for the coming season. Barcelona must bring in fresh players this summer, they have another opportunity at Bernardo Silva this summer will they try again or seek elsewhere for alternative options.

I don't think Bernardo Silva will be very likely to join the team because he plays for Manchester City all the time. Barcelona is an important team, of course, but now Manchester City is the biggest team in Europe. The challenging atmosphere of the Premier league also attracts every player more. Considering that Barcelona is still not at very good levels economically, Bernardo Silva's transfer is unlikely.

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[Strongkored]

The results of this week's match at Laliga have made a number of teams lock in their rankings such as Real madrid, Atletico madrid and Sociedad securing their ranking in the top 4 this season.  and for Villarreal and Betis they have already locked in places for next season's Europa League.  Only the places of the European conference league participants are still up for grabs for the rest of the season because the points earned from the 7th to 11th ranked teams are so close that there is still a possibility to secure 7th place in the 1 remaining matches for them this season.

There is nothing more interesting to look forward to in the last week of matches this season because positions 1-6 are secure without the possibility of any changes, but the conference league positions are still being contested by quite a number of teams Osasuna, Atletico Bilbao, Girona, Rayo Vallecano and Sevilla but if Osasuna can win against Girona then the other team even though they can win will not be able to catch up with Osasuna, and it seems that Osasuna is the most likely to play in the conference league because Bilbao will compete as away and face Real Madrid which, even though it no longer has a target, will probably still play with full strength.

At the bottom of the Elche and Espanyol standings are the two teams that down caste into league 2 or the Segunda Division next season. Valladolid still has hope of staying in Laliga next season if they are able to win the last game because their points are quite close to the teams above them.

But unfortunately, in the last game Valladolid will face a team that will also try to ensure that they stay in Laliga, Getafe only needs a draw in the last match of the season, while a draw will not be able to save Valladolid from the relegation zone because Valladolid has a bigger minus of goals compared to Celta Vigo and Almeria, if they lost, would end up on the same points as Valladolid, because of the goal difference. So I see it that Valladolid will follow Elche and Espanyol to play in another division next season.

[makishart]

If Lionel Messi comes back to Barcelona then the Barcelona team will be strong again. Expect them to turn into a Champions League contender, if not at the level of Xavi Iniesta's era. But yes, Lionel Messi really suits Barca jersey.

Just because messi was coming back and there's no guarnatee if he will make the club to be even better since messi this time is actually different compared when messi was on his prime time. Messi is aging and it was also affecting his performance.
he is still good enough in PSG but he was not as good as when he was on his prime in barcelona a few years ago. Once messi comes here and the young players will not get a spot in the squad. That will be only dividing the club into the two sides which will give bad impact for the club. Xavi needs to focus develop a good team rather than always put its focus to bring back messi to the barcelona again.
It will never happen until barcelona will able to restructuring its financial. Barcelona is being threatened by the rules of FFP. Xavi needs to find some money by selling the players as soon as possible.
Remember this.

[Litzki1990]

Despite Barcelona recording a successful season under Xavi, the club still needs some good additions to the team especially after seeing two or more players departing the club this season it is natural to expect reinforcements in crucial positions  for the coming season. Barcelona must bring in fresh players this summer, they have another opportunity at Bernardo Silva this summer will they try again or seek elsewhere for alternative options.

with the departure of sergio busquets and jordi alba, barcelona will not be much lacking, they have game players like ansu fati and gavi, and others so they will still be fine, in attack barcelona also has great players, i would say that the whole squad from barcelona and rich in high quality players, you just have to play a lot for the whole squad to be more synchronized, the only player that i think would be of great help to barcelona at the moment would be messi, without a doubt that with messi in barcelona , they would be able to go far in the champions league next season, I don't know if barcelona will be able to bring messi back, after the controversy in saudi arabia, this time messi went to barcelona to watch the coldplay and missed the league1 award

Without a doubt, with this Messi shows a clear disinterest in being in France and signals that he wants to be in Barcelona, we'll see if Barcelona will be able to sign him. without a doubt that the defense was barcelona's best success this season, it was something that xavi managed to get right, they still need coordination in the attack if they want to go far in next season's european champions league. i wonder how real madrid will prepare for next season, because even atlético madrid is strong and dangerous and if next season atlético madrid gets more good players then the dispute for the title will be more difficult

If Lionel Messi comes back to Barcelona then the Barcelona team will be strong again. Expect them to turn into a Champions League contender, if not at the level of Xavi Iniesta's era. But yes, Lionel Messi really suits Barca jersey.

Messi started his career in Barcelona and has played for Barcelona for a long time. Barcelona have won many trophies due to their prowess on the field. But towards the end of Lionel Messi's career, Barcelona released Lionel Messi due to financial problems. After letting go of Lionel Messi, they made some great transfers to bring in a number of star players. 
Lionel Messi is planning to leave PSG just as Barcelona are once again showing interest in signing Messi. Not only are Barcelona interested in Messi, but the Saudi League has also made a big offer for him. 

Messi is more likely to return to Barcelona even though various clubs have offered Messi. Messi might want to end his career at the club where he started his career.

[borovichok]

Messi started his career in Barcelona and has played for Barcelona for a long time. Barcelona have won many trophies due to their prowess on the field. But towards the end of Lionel Messi's career, Barcelona released Lionel Messi due to financial problems. After letting go of Lionel Messi, they made some great transfers to bring in a number of star players. 
Lionel Messi is planning to leave PSG just as Barcelona are once again showing interest in signing Messi. Not only are Barcelona interested in Messi, but the Saudi League has also made a big offer for him. 

Messi is more likely to return to Barcelona even though various clubs have offered Messi. Messi might want to end his career at the club where he started his career.

Leo Messi has achieved his dreams by reaching his ultimate goals in football, definitely he will exits PSG this summer, we're waiting for the club he intends to make moves. The blaugrana are interested in getting Leo Messi back to Camp Nou; the fans and his teammates miss him deeply, and his absence is felt on the field. Lionel Messi is the acknowledged GOAT of football, outperforming his opponent, Cristiano Ronaldo, by a wide margin. Barcelona introduced the world to the miracle youngster, who is now in his prime. He's such a terrific player that young players look up to him as a football guru.

[Sebas.tian]

Congratulations to Barcelona, they are good in using home advantage to defeat any strong teams in their home to achieve victory at the end of the match, which they did in this match to defeated Mallorca 3-0 to improve their points. It was a surprised match to Mallorca fans, because Barcelona players started scoring goals from 1 minutes before one of the Mallorca player got red card in the first half that gave Barcelona more opportunities to disgrace them with many goals to achieved the victory from the match. Based on the points Barcelona has achieved from the beginning of this tournament till now, showed that they are in a good condition to win this la Liga league title to make their fans and coach happy.

[$anounimus$]

Despite Barcelona recording a successful season under Xavi, the club still needs some good additions to the team especially after seeing two or more players departing the club this season it is natural to expect reinforcements in crucial positions  for the coming season. Barcelona must bring in fresh players this summer, they have another opportunity at Bernardo Silva this summer will they try again or seek elsewhere for alternative options.

I don't think Bernardo Silva will be very likely to join the team because he plays for Manchester City all the time. Barcelona is an important team, of course, but now Manchester City is the biggest team in Europe. The challenging atmosphere of the Premier league also attracts every player more. Considering that Barcelona is still not at very good levels economically, Bernardo Silva's transfer is unlikely.

Yes, even though Barcelona have a high interest in Bernardo Silva, it seems that it will be difficult to realize. Bernardo Silva is still under contract with Manchester City until 2025. Even though previously B. Silva also expressed an interest in joining the team from Catalan, this would be a big obstacle, now Barcelona actually has to sell several of its players to cut expenses in order to avoid sanctions. The departure of two of his senior players, Busquets and Alba, of course saved him a little more cash because the two players also paid quite a lot.

However, Barcelona still has to add new ammunition to be able to compete at the top with Real Madrid next season.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Messi started his career in Barcelona and has played for Barcelona for a long time. Barcelona have won many trophies due to their prowess on the field. But towards the end of Lionel Messi's career, Barcelona released Lionel Messi due to financial problems. After letting go of Lionel Messi, they made some great transfers to bring in a number of star players. 
Lionel Messi is planning to leave PSG just as Barcelona are once again showing interest in signing Messi. Not only are Barcelona interested in Messi, but the Saudi League has also made a big offer for him. 
Messi is more likely to return to Barcelona even though various clubs have offered Messi. Messi might want to end his career at the club where he started his career.

Leo Messi has achieved his dreams by reaching his ultimate goals in football, definitely he will exits PSG this summer, we're waiting for the club he intends to make moves. The blaugrana are interested in getting Leo Messi back to Camp Nou; the fans and his teammates miss him deeply, and his absence is felt on the field. Lionel Messi is the acknowledged GOAT of football, outperforming his opponent, Cristiano Ronaldo, by a wide margin. Barcelona introduced the world to the miracle youngster, who is now in his prime. He's such a terrific player that young players look up to him as a football guru.

There are rumors that the Barcelona management is interested in bringing Messi back into the team. But is it believable? Messi is one of the best players in the history of Barcelona. And Barcelona management forced Messi to leave the team. And will Barcelona benefit from Messi? now he is almost 36. Messi's fitness is good enough so far. But it is unlikely that his fitness will be good in the future. Barcelona will want to take such a big risk? If Messi receives very low wages from Barcelona, then maybe Barcelona will add Messi to the team. But Messi don't do that.

[klidex]

Congratulations to Barcelona, they are good in using home advantage to defeat any strong teams in their home to achieve victory at the end of the match, which they did in this match to defeated Mallorca 3-0 to improve their points. It was a surprised match to Mallorca fans, because Barcelona players started scoring goals from 1 minutes before one of the Mallorca player got red card in the first half that gave Barcelona more opportunities to disgrace them with many goals to achieved the victory from the match. Based on the points Barcelona has achieved from the beginning of this tournament till now, showed that they are in a good condition to win this la Liga league title to make their fans and coach happy.

Everyone will surely admit that the performance of Barcelona's players has been very solid from start to finish this season which is still giving a very strong performance in every game.
Until several other clubs find it difficult to catch up with Barcelona's points like Real Madrid which find it difficult to catch up with their points.
But there is something even more interesting than the rest of this match, which will determine who deserves second place in the standings between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, which is only 1 point apart and the decider is the match that will come later and I am still sure that Real Madrid will dominate the position. 2nd in this LaLiga.

[maju69]

Congratulations to Barcelona, they are good in using home advantage to defeat any strong teams in their home to achieve victory at the end of the match, which they did in this match to defeated Mallorca 3-0 to improve their points. It was a surprised match to Mallorca fans, because Barcelona players started scoring goals from 1 minutes before one of the Mallorca player got red card in the first half that gave Barcelona more opportunities to disgrace them with many goals to achieved the victory from the match. Based on the points Barcelona has achieved from the beginning of this tournament till now, showed that they are in a good condition to win this la Liga league title to make their fans and coach happy.

Of course it was an easy win for Barcelona, they were able to excel quickly in the first minute of the first half, and not until 15 minutes, Osasuna had to play with 10 people. with such an advantage Barcelona deserved to win the match by a landslide score. In fact, I feel that the 2 goals they scored after Osasuna played with 10 people are still lacking, I feel they are still capable of scoring more goals than that.

[Die_empty]

There are rumors that the Barcelona management is interested in bringing Messi back into the team. But is it believable? Messi is one of the best players in the history of Barcelona. And Barcelona management forced Messi to leave the team. And will Barcelona benefit from Messi? now he is almost 36. Messi's fitness is good enough so far. But it is unlikely that his fitness will be good in the future. Barcelona will want to take such a big risk? If Messi receives very low wages from Barcelona, then maybe Barcelona will add Messi to the team. But Messi don't do that.

Barcelona had to let Messi go because they had some serious financial problems. So they had to let some players go so that they could balance their books. If the team wants Messi back it means they are now financially stable or Messi will consider a pay cut. Messi is not as strong or effective as he used to be but he would be a good addition to the Barca team. He is a gifted player and has a lot of influence and experience. But it will take a lot of motivation for Messi to overlook the "Arabian money", because of passion for his boyhood club.

Congratulations to Barcelona, they are good in using home advantage to defeat any strong teams in their home to achieve victory at the end of the match, which they did in this match to defeated Mallorca 3-0 to improve their points. It was a surprised match to Mallorca fans, because Barcelona players started scoring goals from 1 minutes before one of the Mallorca player got red card in the first half that gave Barcelona more opportunities to disgrace them with many goals to achieved the victory from the match. Based on the points Barcelona has achieved from the beginning of this tournament till now, showed that they are in a good condition to win this La Liga league title to make their fans and coach happy.

It was an outstanding performance to end the season before their home fans. Barca dominated the game from start to finish and deserved to win the game. Anssumane Fati had a wonderful game scoring a brace. But the victory also came with a price. Amath Ndiaye's horror challenge on Alejandro Balde was the bad news from that game. It has been confirmed that Alejandro will beoit for six to seven weeks. Congratulation to the La Liga champions.

[bitgov]

There are rumors that the Barcelona management is interested in bringing Messi back into the team. But is it believable? Messi is one of the best players in the history of Barcelona. And Barcelona management forced Messi to leave the team. And will Barcelona benefit from Messi? now he is almost 36. Messi's fitness is good enough so far. But it is unlikely that his fitness will be good in the future. Barcelona will want to take such a big risk? If Messi receives very low wages from Barcelona, then maybe Barcelona will add Messi to the team. But Messi don't do that.

Barcelona had to let Messi go because they had some serious financial problems. So they had to let some players go so that they could balance their books. If the team wants Messi back it means they are now financially stable or Messi will consider a pay cut. Messi is not as strong or effective as he used to be but he would be a good addition to the Barca team. He is a gifted player and has a lot of influence and experience. But it will take a lot of motivation for Messi to overlook the "Arabian money", because of passion for his boyhood club.

Congratulations to Barcelona, they are good in using home advantage to defeat any strong teams in their home to achieve victory at the end of the match, which they did in this match to defeated Mallorca 3-0 to improve their points. It was a surprised match to Mallorca fans, because Barcelona players started scoring goals from 1 minutes before one of the Mallorca player got red card in the first half that gave Barcelona more opportunities to disgrace them with many goals to achieved the victory from the match. Based on the points Barcelona has achieved from the beginning of this tournament till now, showed that they are in a good condition to win this La Liga league title to make their fans and coach happy.

It was an outstanding performance to end the season before their home fans. Barca dominated the game from start to finish and deserved to win the game. Anssumane Fati had a wonderful game scoring a brace. But the victory also came with a price. Amath Ndiaye's horror challenge on Alejandro Balde was the bad news from that game. It has been confirmed that Alejandro will beoit for six to seven weeks. Congratulation to the La Liga champions.

Many news reports that Lionel Messi will return to Barcelona. That is, the Barcelona authorities are trying very hard to bring Lionel Messi back to the team again. If Lionel Messi returns to the team, Barcelona will get a huge boost.

[nara1892]

Messi started his career in Barcelona and has played for Barcelona for a long time. Barcelona have won many trophies due to their prowess on the field. But towards the end of Lionel Messi's career, Barcelona released Lionel Messi due to financial problems. After letting go of Lionel Messi, they made some great transfers to bring in a number of star players. 
Lionel Messi is planning to leave PSG just as Barcelona are once again showing interest in signing Messi. Not only are Barcelona interested in Messi, but the Saudi League has also made a big offer for him. 
Messi is more likely to return to Barcelona even though various clubs have offered Messi. Messi might want to end his career at the club where he started his career.

Leo Messi has achieved his dreams by reaching his ultimate goals in football, definitely he will exits PSG this summer, we're waiting for the club he intends to make moves. The blaugrana are interested in getting Leo Messi back to Camp Nou; the fans and his teammates miss him deeply, and his absence is felt on the field. Lionel Messi is the acknowledged GOAT of football, outperforming his opponent, Cristiano Ronaldo, by a wide margin. Barcelona introduced the world to the miracle youngster, who is now in his prime. He's such a terrific player that young players look up to him as a football guru.

There are rumors that the Barcelona management is interested in bringing Messi back into the team. But is it believable? Messi is one of the best players in the history of Barcelona. And Barcelona management forced Messi to leave the team. And will Barcelona benefit from Messi? now he is almost 36. Messi's fitness is good enough so far. But it is unlikely that his fitness will be good in the future. Barcelona will want to take such a big risk? If Messi receives very low wages from Barcelona, then maybe Barcelona will add Messi to the team. But Messi don't do that.

Rumors about Barcelona's desire to bring Lionel Messi back have been heard for a long time, and it seems that until now they are still insisting on getting him back. I hope Barcelona can consider everything, don't let their wishes be based on Messi as their legend alone. The reason is that in my opinion is not acceptable at all, especially if it costs a lot, while their current finances cannot be said to be good.

Congratulations to Barcelona, they are good in using home advantage to defeat any strong teams in their home to achieve victory at the end of the match, which they did in this match to defeated Mallorca 3-0 to improve their points. It was a surprised match to Mallorca fans, because Barcelona players started scoring goals from 1 minutes before one of the Mallorca player got red card in the first half that gave Barcelona more opportunities to disgrace them with many goals to achieved the victory from the match. Based on the points Barcelona has achieved from the beginning of this tournament till now, showed that they are in a good condition to win this la Liga league title to make their fans and coach happy.

Everyone will surely admit that the performance of Barcelona's players has been very solid from start to finish this season which is still giving a very strong performance in every game.
Until several other clubs find it difficult to catch up with Barcelona's points like Real Madrid which find it difficult to catch up with their points.
But there is something even more interesting than the rest of this match, which will determine who deserves second place in the standings between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, which is only 1 point apart and the decider is the match that will come later and I am still sure that Real Madrid will dominate the position. 2nd in this LaLiga.

Barcelona has been extraordinary this season, they can prove that they deserve to be champions this season. But that is also inseparable from the declining performance of their rivals, Real Madrid, so that makes it easier for them to win the title without any significant pressure.
I consider this season has passed, and I want to see how in the next season. They already had a solid foundation at this point, just adding a few more polishes they would only get stronger. Player transfers this summer will be an opportunity for them to further strengthen their squad.

[Leviathan.007]

This season the most interesting thing for me was about Barcelona and their coach Xavi.
We know Xavi is not experienced and Barcelona is the second team he is working there as a coach after the Arabian team that's why we were not expecting to see Xavi being even at the top of the table because Barcelona had some financial issues and they couldn't even buy expensive players.
Xavi won the race against one of the most experienced and famous coaches in the world, Carlo Ancelotti who is known for his performance in the champions league. But even the great Ancelotti couldn't stand against Xavi, which is another interesting point of this season.

[fzkto]

This season the most interesting thing for me was about Barcelona and their coach Xavi.
We know Xavi is not experienced and Barcelona is the second team he is working there as a coach after the Arabian team that's why we were not expecting to see Xavi being even at the top of the table because Barcelona had some financial issues and they couldn't even buy expensive players.
Xavi won the race against one of the most experienced and famous coaches in the world, Carlo Ancelotti who is known for his performance in the champions league. But even the great Ancelotti couldn't stand against Xavi, which is another interesting point of this season.

In fact, Xavi did well for Barcelona as early as last season, but Barcelona had a very big gap with Real Madrid. This season, Xavi has been coaching Barcelona since the start of the season and that's why they were able to do well. But they still need to try to do more next season.

[Sirait]

The results of this week's match at Laliga have made a number of teams lock in their rankings such as Real madrid, Atletico madrid and Sociedad securing their ranking in the top 4 this season.  and for Villarreal and Betis they have already locked in places for next season's Europa League.  Only the places of the European conference league participants are still up for grabs for the rest of the season because the points earned from the 7th to 11th ranked teams are so close that there is still a possibility to secure 7th place in the 1 remaining matches for them this season.

At the bottom of the Elche and Espanyol standings are the two teams that down caste into league 2 or the Segunda Division next season. Valladolid still has hope of staying in Laliga next season if they are able to win the last game because their points are quite close to the teams above them.

really a bad thing for espanyol and elche because they have to go down to la liga 2, while granada and las palmas have successfully entered la liga 1. next season, Espanyol and Elche must correct and improve their squad so they can move back up to La Liga 1.

[JeffBrad12]

Atletico madrid was very impressive in the defense tonight as their managed to defend their 2 goals till the end if the match making them winning ober Scotland after many attempt by the Scotland team to make possible equalization goals but to no avail.

I would like to give appreciation to the sociedad. Even though it was playing away against atletico madrid but it's able giving intensive pressures against atletico madrid. Atletico madrid and sociedad already locked its ticket to the UCL next season.
Villareal must be feel happy to be qualified for europa league. It's unbelievable to see the performance from atletico madrid vs sociedad last night.

Sociedad was able to be equal against atletico madrid.

[Jody.Drummer]

This season the most interesting thing for me was about Barcelona and their coach Xavi.
We know Xavi is not experienced and Barcelona is the second team he is working there as a coach after the Arabian team that's why we were not expecting to see Xavi being even at the top of the table because Barcelona had some financial issues and they couldn't even buy expensive players.
Xavi won the race against one of the most experienced and famous coaches in the world, Carlo Ancelotti who is known for his performance in the champions league. But even the great Ancelotti couldn't stand against Xavi, which is another interesting point of this season.

In fact, Xavi did well for Barcelona as early as last season, but Barcelona had a very big gap with Real Madrid. This season, Xavi has been coaching Barcelona since the start of the season and that's why they were able to do well. But they still need to try to do more next season.

One of the keys to Xavi Hernandez's success with Barcelona this season, he can apply great discipline and he applies something that they have been missing in recent seasons. One or two touches have now been demonstrated by Barcelona again, they control the game. While they struggled at first to turn their possession into exploitable opportunities, they have ultimately done well this season. One of them with the presence of Lewandowski inside is as strong.
This is what a coach should be able to demonstrate, Xavi really adopted what he did when he was a player. Barcelona's distinctive style of play is back under his coaching.

[Naficopa]

This season the most interesting thing for me was about Barcelona and their coach Xavi.
We know Xavi is not experienced and Barcelona is the second team he is working there as a coach after the Arabian team that's why we were not expecting to see Xavi being even at the top of the table because Barcelona had some financial issues and they couldn't even buy expensive players.
Xavi won the race against one of the most experienced and famous coaches in the world, Carlo Ancelotti who is known for his performance in the champions league. But even the great Ancelotti couldn't stand against Xavi, which is another interesting point of this season.

In fact, Xavi did well for Barcelona as early as last season, but Barcelona had a very big gap with Real Madrid. This season, Xavi has been coaching Barcelona since the start of the season and that's why they were able to do well. But they still need to try to do more next season.

One of the keys to Xavi Hernandez's success with Barcelona this season, he can apply great discipline and he applies something that they have been missing in recent seasons. One or two touches have now been demonstrated by Barcelona again, they control the game. While they struggled at first to turn their possession into exploitable opportunities, they have ultimately done well this season. One of them with the presence of Lewandowski inside is as strong.
This is what a coach should be able to demonstrate, Xavi really adopted what he did when he was a player. Barcelona's distinctive style of play is back under his coaching.

Xavi has managed to build the Barcelona team brilliantly. Xavi has been the most successful in securing the La Liga title. It can be expected that Barcelona will try to do something great in the Champions League next season.

[fzkto]

This season the most interesting thing for me was about Barcelona and their coach Xavi.
We know Xavi is not experienced and Barcelona is the second team he is working there as a coach after the Arabian team that's why we were not expecting to see Xavi being even at the top of the table because Barcelona had some financial issues and they couldn't even buy expensive players.
Xavi won the race against one of the most experienced and famous coaches in the world, Carlo Ancelotti who is known for his performance in the champions league. But even the great Ancelotti couldn't stand against Xavi, which is another interesting point of this season.

In fact, Xavi did well for Barcelona as early as last season, but Barcelona had a very big gap with Real Madrid. This season, Xavi has been coaching Barcelona since the start of the season and that's why they were able to do well. But they still need to try to do more next season.

One of the keys to Xavi Hernandez's success with Barcelona this season, he can apply great discipline and he applies something that they have been missing in recent seasons. One or two touches have now been demonstrated by Barcelona again, they control the game. While they struggled at first to turn their possession into exploitable opportunities, they have ultimately done well this season. One of them with the presence of Lewandowski inside is as strong.
This is what a coach should be able to demonstrate, Xavi really adopted what he did when he was a player. Barcelona's distinctive style of play is back under his coaching.

Probably a great success for an aspiring coach who is almost straight out of his footballing career. Especially Barcelona one of the best European clubs. At first I was surprised that the newbie became a coach, but when their game returned to its former professional level I believed in Xavi. After Messi's leaving and before the coming of Xavi, Barcelona had fallen on hard times.