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Xavi: 'It will be very difficult to beat Inter playing like this'

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"If we play like we did in the second half, it is very difficult to beat 

. If we play like the first half, we can win," 

"There are moments in the season when the team is flying like we were three weeks ago. It's not like that now but we have to pull through."

 have a key encounter against Inter in the 

Failing to beat the Nerazzurri at home could mean an end to Barca's hopes of making it out of the group stages.

'It's inadmissible': Xavi says what went wrong in 2nd half v Celta

"We lowered the intensity, and we cannot do that. Celta took advantage of that and controlled us. Intensity should be the most fundamental and indisputable thing to us," 

"We were lucky that we didn't concede. We have to improve and criticize ourselves.

"We're not looking for excuses. We don't like them. What happened in the second half is inadmissible. There are no excuses."

The Catalans had a decent first half against 

. After the break, though, Xavi's men got outplayed by the visitors. 

Celta came close to scoring several times and only 

Last year we were bad but won comfortably: Xavi confident ahead of Clasico

 are going through a rough patch at the moment, 

"El Clasico is extremely important. But look, last year we weren't playing that well and we won comfortably. We hope that we can show the same personality again," the coach has said.

"We're league leaders, and we have to get back to the level we had before the international break. But it's not easy, as we saw today."

Xavi has a point here - Barca were also not doing too good last spring but they went on to beat 

Now, the Catalans are in a slump following the international break, and the multiple injuries certainly don't help. What's more, Blaugrana have a crucial game against 

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You're spot on about the attackers and this is the more reason why we need a fit Ansu Fati as he is the closet to support Lewa when it comes to goal. Ferran's movement and positioning is also great but he always tend to overdo it. We need a personal trainer for our attackers

JOHN CENA NAIJA

No. We deserved the Win tonight not because of anything we did on the pitch, but because we have suffered from institutional problems with La Liga and FIFA's International break. 

We had fit players and were flying high until after the Break. 

Plus, Real have enjoyed favorable officiating while Barca haven't!

BarcaFOREVER

Only problem I see is that only Lewandowski is being a threat on the attack, Raphina and Dembele while they’re dribbling and running on the counter, they don’t go for the goal as Lewandowski does, thus we struggle and are weak in that area. Midfield also needs to be a bit more confident in shooting, Pedri has done great, but the others need to find the goal as much as the attacking players. We’ve somehow left this game without conceding a goal, but a win for us today wasn’t deserved but given by luck.

Steven S.F

Thank you Xavi for saying the truth 
But it is your responsibility to fix the cracks

USMAN ABBA

well you are the head coach fix it before it is too late

Player		G
Artem Dovbyk	Girona	18
Jude Bellingham	Real Madrid	17
Ante Budimir	Osasuna	16
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Xavi: 'It will be very difficult to beat Inter playing like this'

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