Coach Xavi Hernandez feels after Barcelona’s draw in the first match with Galatasaray in the 1/8 round of the Europa League.

The Blaugrana could not win the first match of the 16th round of the Europa League, held on Thursday night at the Camp Nou.

Xavi’s youngsters did not have a strong performance, and despite the fight, they did not manage to break their opponents.
There were a few chances, with Memphis Depay being close twice, but Inaki Pena goalkeeper, who is on loan from Barcelona, ??made a good appearance, making some excellent receptions.

Barca are now heading to Istanbul next week to win if they want to advance to the quarter-finals of the Europa League and Xavi is not very happy with the performance his team made in the first leg.

“It is not a good result when you play at home. “In the second half we were something better, but when the intensity decreases, everything decreases”, Xavi said initially after the match.

“At the end of the second half, we were better. We were more divided, we played with clean wingers.”

“Inaki has been spectacular, but we have not been like in the last games.”

“It’s a worthless war,” he said. “We will go to play in Istanbul as we did in Naples,” concluded the Barcelona coach.