Few can criticise Xavi after seeing the way in which during which he has gotten Barcelona enjoying correct soccer as soon as extra, with outcomes following swimsuit, but the previous Al-Sadd coach noticed his determination to relaxation key gamers in opposition to Galatasaray backfire within the type of a 0-0 draw.
Los Cules’ fixture listing is a problem because of the Europa League participation, and it made a level of sense for Xavi to try to restrict the bodily calls for on his gamers for the first-leg in opposition to Turkish opposition who’ve endured a very underwhelming home season of their very own.
He wished to relaxation the gamers who’ve the very best cumulative workload, gamers like Sergio Busquets, Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba. Nevertheless, the way in which the match progressed pressured him to introduce the gamers he had hoped he would not want.
Important week
Barcelona have two video games that can situation the speedy future in each LaLiga Santander and the Europa League.
On paper, Barcelona ought to nonetheless be stronger than their Turkish opponents within the return leg, nevertheless there are a variety of things which might make {that a} difficult proposition.
Firstly, the notorious partisan assist of the Istanbul membership will make for a very testing environment, while the scheduling of the Clasico simply three days later might drive Xavi to play youthful gamers within the bear-pit that’s the Area Seyrantepe.
