DBasia.news – The arrival of Xavi Hernandez as the new coach of Barcelona has given birth to its own euphoria among supporters. But the 42-year-old coach is in fact no better than his predecessor, Ronald Koeman.
Barcelona announced the arrival of Xavi in early November last year. He was hijacked from Qatari club Al Sadd.
Xavi came a week after Ronald Koeman was sacked. He has a vision to restore the tiki-taka style of play that had faded.
Xavi’s efforts to make this happen initially did not go smoothly. Barcelona still performed and consistently failed to qualify for the Champions League knockout phase and was thrown into the Europa League.
But the arrival of a number of new stars in the winter transfer market became a turning point. Xavi’s Barcelona slowly began to rise and win after victory.
Barcelona even went unbeaten in 15 consecutive matches in LaLiga. Eleven of those matches ended in wins.
These positive results made Barcelona shot to second place. Their chances of winning the title miraculously reopened.
Xavi’s Barcelona also confirmed their seriousness to win the Europa League. The unfavorable draw did not prevent them from advancing to the quarter-finals.
Unfortunately, two defeats to Eintracht Frankfurt and Cadiz in less than a week buried Barcelona’s dream. Barcelona were knocked out of the Europa League and now it’s almost impossible to win LaLiga.
The 0-1 defeat against Cadiz occurred in Xavi’s 30th game in charge of Barcelona. Of these, the record is 16 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses.
Xavi’s percentage of wins in his first 30 matches only reached 53.33%. This value makes him the coach with the lowest win percentage in that period (30 games) since Charly Rexach in 2022.
In comparison, Koeman’s winning percentage in the first 30 matches reached 58.21%. The Dutch coach is better than Koeman.
This statistic cannot be a measure of Xavi’s success at Barcelona. However, he is now aware that the road to returning to glory of the Catalan club is still steep.