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In Belgium we saw Xavi on the bench at FC Barcelona against Antwerp, but that won’t be the case next year.
Last season, Xavi (44) led Barcelona to the league title, but the Catalans are currently in third place, just ahead of Atlético Madrid and Athletic Bilbao. The gap to leaders Real Madrid is ten points.
Earlier this month, Barcelona suffered an embarrassing 4-1 defeat to Real Madrid in the Super Cup final. In the cup tournament the curtain fell in the quarter-finals against Athletic Bilbao. Despite this, Barcelona managed to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
On Saturday evening, FC Barcelona lost dramatically 3-5 to Villareal and Xavi decided to announce his resignation as the club’s coach at the end of the season during the press conference.
In autumn 2021, Xavi succeeded Ronald Koeman as head coach of Barcelona. A former midfielder, Xavi has played no fewer than 767 official games for Barcelona, the second highest number after Lionel Messi (778).
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