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| Sorloth |
Barcelona lost against Villarreal with 5-3 after they not able to defend their comeback which leads Xavi to announce he is leaving the team in the summer.
Marcelino's men dominate
the first minutes of match after two goals disallowed for them when Alex Baena canceled
for offside and Also VAR canceled goal for Gerard Moreno.
Barcelona appeared paled in the first half and
they didn’t have more danger for Villarreal defense regardless a strong shot
from Joao Félix but deflected to a corner by the keeper.
The first
goal of the match came 3 minutes before first half when Alexander Sorloth
passed the ball to Moreno who scores in 42nd.
Xavi made
three changes to his team to start back to the game but the team has another
blow when Illias Akhomach controls a long ball by the Jorgensen and went alone
with Iñaki Peña and scored the second goal.
Barca fans
booed their players to back the game and Gündogan responded to them by closing
the gap with goal after a good shot from outside the box.
Ferran comes to the pitch to replaced Felix and after some minutes he should make it a draw but he failed.
Pedri exploited a several rejections to beat Villarreal’s keeper and equalized
the result to 2-2, 3 minutes later Eric Bailly deflected a free kick taken by Gündogan
into his nets.
While Barca attacked to
score more goals and secure the win the Portuguese winger Guedes scored the
draw again from a good counterattack.
Comesaña touched the ball
with his hand and the Referee awarded Penalty to Barca in the 89th but VAR
denied it which made Xavi fury about that decision.
While Barca players regret about penalty they failed to defend the result and Sorloth was there to punch the weak
Barca defense in the 99th.
Barca made all team to
attack in a try to draw again but a good counterattack from Morales finished
Barca’s hopes and made it 5-3.
The result made Barcelona
10 points away from the leader Real Madrid it should be possible to come
back and win the league this season.
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| Xavi |
Xavi surprised his fans by
announcing he is leaving the team at the end of June.
The Barca Legend said in a
press conference after the match: “I would like to announce that on June 30 I will
not continue as a coach”.
Xavi knows that the club
needs a change and he took his decision a few days ago and continued:” The situation deserves a change of course, I had decided a few days ago. As it has gone, it is "the
moment. The club needs a change of dynamic, thinking about the club, about the players;
they play with too much tension. The best thing is to leave.
The Spanish coach still
thinking that they must have a good season revealed:” I will give my best.
I think we can have a great season."
xavi thinks that decision will have a good impact on players and the club as
he added:” Thinking about the club, about the players, they play with too much
tension. The best thing is to leave, "Irrevocable decision, even if I win
the Champions League. The solution is for me to leave. I am optimistic. We can
compete. We are going to try."
Xavi revealed that all
coaches depart from their teams but the exception is Sir Alex Ferguson, he
said:” It has happened to all the coaches. There can't be a
Ferguson at Barça. It is very difficult.”