According to Mehr reporter, after the defeat of the Barcelona football team in “El Clasico” against Real Madrid, the criticism of the performance of Xavi’s students increased and even raised the voices of some players. In one of these cases, Ilkai Gundogan, who was added to the Catalan team during the summer transfer season, protested against the poor performance of the players and the lack of a leader in the field.
Now, after Barcelona’s unexpected defeat in the fourth week of the European Champions League against “Shakhtar” with a result of 1-0, the head coach of this team, “Xavi Hernandez”, has pointed out the “mental and psychological problem” among the Barcelona players.
This Spanish coach said at the end of the game with “Shakhtar”: This game did not go according to our predictions. We wanted to secure our promotion but we took a step back. To be successful in the Champions League, you have to be in the best condition and we were not like that. We didn’t play well and we didn’t know what to do. We improved in the second half, but it was not enough. Our way of playing and attacking was not good and we lost a lot of balls and tactically we had one of the worst games in recent years.
Regarding the reasons for these poor games, “Xavi” pointed to the lack of mental preparation of the players and said: This is a mental and psychological problem. We have to “reset” the minds of the players. Our players are not comfortable in the game and this is a bad feeling in the dressing room and I feel the same as a coach.
In the end, he said: Our players should show better performance. Nothing is lost yet, but we are going through bad times.