“I have a feeling you can beat anyone.” Xavi remained optimistic on Wednesday night after FC Barcelona won a 0-0 split against Benfica in the 5th Champions League Group E game.
Barca’s new boss doesn’t have much to be excited about his club’s situation in the Champions League, however. The Blaugrana (7 pts) move on the lawn of Bayern Münich in 15 days and will have to impose themselves there if they want to protect themselves from an overtaking of Benfica (5 pts), engaged against Dynamo Kiev during of the last day. If the Portuguese win, a division of the Catalans would not be enough to avoid elimination.
But all in good time, Xavi prefers to focus on the positives.
“I cannot be satisfied with the result, but I am satisfied with the sacrifice, with the attitude of the players. But it was a game that had to be won. We only missed one goal. It’s a commonplace in football, but it’s true, we only missed that. It’s not enough, we wanted the three points, we wanted to seal the qualification this (Tuesday) evening … It’s a shame, everything was perfect, the attitude of the players, the atmosphere in the stadium, everything was perfect, but it did not go as we wanted “, Xavi explained after the meeting.
“I’m optimistic because I feel like we deserved to win. I see things that are very good, very positive. I have the feeling that you can beat anyone. We are Barça. It’s just a matter of realism. Now we have two weeks left, we are on the right track. We will go to Munich with our personality. We remain masters of our destiny, that’s the most important“.
