Barcelona supervisor Xavi Hernandez has discovered himself on the flawed of historical past after his facet suffered a disappointing 4-2 defeat to Athletic Bilbao within the Copa del Rey yesterday (January 24). Due to that end result, the 44-year-old has now turn into essentially the most shedding Spanish coach within the membership’s historical past.
It hasn’t been the perfect of runs for Xavi and Barcelona during the last couple of weeks. The Blaugrana had been not too long ago humiliated by their arch-rivals Actual Madrid within the Spanish Tremendous Cup remaining with a 4-1 scoreline.
Again-to-back victories in opposition to Unionistas and Actual Betis restored some hope however Xavi’s facet discovered themselves wanting as soon as once more once they squared it off with Athletic Bilbao within the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday (January 24).
A sloppy begin to the sport noticed the Blaugrana fall one objective behind within the very first minute. Robert Lewandowski pulled the equalizer again and Lamine Yamal made it 2-1 heading into half-time. Nevertheless, the Catalan giants failed to take care of that momentum, permitting the Basque outfit to punish them after the restart.
Oihan Sacet, Nico Williams and Inaki Williams led a second-half rout, bagging a objective every to safe an important win for Athletic Bilbao to sentence Barcelona to yet one more embarrassing defeat.
The end result implies that Xavi has turn into essentially the most shedding Spanish coach within the Blaugrana’s historical past. In keeping with Transfermarkt, the tactician’s general document with the membership stands at 76 victories, 20 attracts and 25 defeats in 121 video games throughout all competitions.
Up to now, he is gained two honors with the membership, specifically the Spanish Tremendous Cup and La Liga. Nevertheless, the Blaugrana are unlikely to assert silverware this season owing to their poor stage of efficiency, except there is a magical turnaround within the coming weeks.
What’s subsequent for Xavi and Barcelona?
Following yesterday’s embarrassing loss, Xavi and Barcelona will now swap their consideration to La Liga the place they’re going to be in motion this weekend. They’re scheduled to tackle Villarreal on the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on Saturday (January 27).
Following that, they’ll lock horns with Osasuna within the Spanish prime flight subsequent Wednesday (January 31) earlier than squaring it off with Alaves within the league subsequent Saturday (February 2)
Xavi might want to step up within the coming weeks to make sure the security of his job, or it would not be a shock if he is ultimately relieved of his duties.
