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Are you really saying that a top-level game should have no goal chances and finish 0-0?

That happened in all seasons of Guardiola at Barcelona. The team always suffered a big fall in the level of the performances in the months of february and march. But this was specially notable in the 2010/2011 season. While all ended well, Barcelona was really far from their best from february...

If it was so obvious, Barcelona should hire you as their coach.

Michael Cox wrote a great article of tactical analysis called "Xavi's fluid Barcelona exploited Atletico Madrid to go top of La Liga". He has written books on tactics, like Zonal Marking, and currently works for The Athletic. Link below to see the article without paywalls. https://archive.ph/YimOL

My point is that Xavi himself lacks experience in Europe as a coach, and he has a lot to learn in that regard. My point is more about him than the players. Also, a team like Borussia Dortmund from the 2011/2012 season, when they won the double and beat Bayern three times (remember that Bayern...

It would come in the 2012/2013, when he reached the UCL final. That season, ironically enough, also marked a decline of Borussia's success domestically.

Look at Klopp in Borussia Dortmund. In the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 seasons, he won the Bundesliga. In the 2011/2012 season, he also won the Pokal final against Bayern by 5-2. In fact, he defeated Bayern five times in a row in those two seasons. And Bayern was a great team, who reached the UCL...

This reminds me of when Real Madrid fans asked Ancelotti to be sacked after he lost to Sheriff in the UCL. Or when he lost to Barcelona by 4-0 at the Bernab?u. And so on. Also, you are blind and don't remember Koeman's era well if you think Xavi did nothing to improve the team. Xavi immediately...

How short and bad your memories. Koeman's Barcelona was far more like this. I've seen plenty of Xavi's Barcelona great combinations through the middle. Plenty.

He is a good player, though not in his best patch of form, and not fully comfortable with the team yet. He was bad today till the goal. After the goal he created, I think his confidence really grew because he started playing much better, and I didn't agree with him being subbed off.

Barcelona leads La Liga. Also, Barcelona had a great performance against Bayern, and everyone agreed that that game showed lots of improvement, and that Barcelona was unlucky to not win.

First half was decent, honestly. Excellent? No, but decent.

Mallorca was just one of those bad days that every team, I wouldn't blame that match on Xavi, every team has those games during a season (even Guardiola's Barcelona's did). Technical form was really poor. Remember City's 2-1 victory against Dortmund? Let me tell you: City was dreadful that game...

Xavi has blame, and I think it lies on the team being too dependent on Dembel? and Raphinha (but specially Dembel?) to break defenses through individual quality. And they are not at their best recently. Do I think Xavi is an amazing coach? No. But it's a gross overexaggeration to say he is...

They have, but not that much. I think Ten Hag will need at least 3 or 4 years to make United fight for UCL again.

I'm not talking about his wins. I'm talking about games like the first leg against Inter in 2010. Or the first leg against Arsenal in 2011. Or the tie against Real Madrid in 2014, Bayern only got progressively worse in that tie. Or the final against Chelsea, when City in the second half was only...

La Liga is at a minimum the league with the second highest level in Europe.

Guardiola in UCL KO games would like to have a word...

Villarreal reached UCL semifinals last season. Sevilla is a Europa League serial winner. West Ham and Leicester were knocked out by teams from Serie A and Bundesliga, leagues that people say all the time that have bad defending.

I think a lot is down to Barcelona's players not being as inspired and dynamic as they should be, they are going through a patch of bad technical form. Dembel? and Raphinha are not looking like their best selves, and so much of the creativity comes from them. If anything, Xavi's mistake is...