Calm down Barcelona… I’m out of UEL! “So much better than last season”
Is it a denial of reality due to shock?
Barcelona lost 1-2 in the second leg of the 2022/23 European Football Federation (UEFA) Europa League (UEL) round of 16 playoff against Manchester United, which was played at Old Trafford in Manchester메이저사이트, England at 5 am (Korean time) on the 24th. did.
Barcelona failed to advance to the UEL round of 16 after being caught by Manchester United with a combined score of 3-4 in the first and second games.
Barcelona even left a painful record of losing to Manchester United for the first time in 15 years since 2008.
Barcelona were placed in Group C of the Champions League this season, but headed to the Europa League after being knocked out in the group stage by Bayern Munich and Inter Milan in third place. However, even this was packed early.
However, coach Xabi Hernández didn’t mind, saying, “Barcelona is much better than last season. It improved, but it just wasn’t enough.”
“We have faced Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Manchester United this season. It wasn’t enough against a strong team,” he added.
“We will try again. We have to look at it with self-criticism, and we will try to show better competitiveness on the European stage.”