Barcelona: The darkest night before the dawn?

If they do not quickly improve their performance, the Camp Nou team will find it difficult to avoid a "disastrous" season. At this time, in the La Liga arena, before the 12th round,Barcelonais temporarily in 9th place with 15 points. The gap with the leading team Real Sociedad is up to 9 points, exactly equal to the number of points from 3 wins.

In his new position, will Xavi Hernandez help Barcelona return to its golden age?

While Real Sociedad, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid or Sevilla are gradually getting into a stable orbit, the Camp Nou team is like an "unfinished construction site", with turmoil both on the coaching bench and in the quality of the players. For Barcelona to surpass Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in the race for the 2021/2022 La Liga championship is extremely fragile.

Not only are they struggling in La Liga, but Gerard Pique and his teammates are also facing the risk of early elimination in the group stage of this year's UEFA Champions League. With 3 points after 3 matches, Barcelona is currently languishing in the second-to-last position of Group E. Obviously, the possibility of the Camp Nou team having to play in the Europa League is not small.

However, for cules (Barcelona fans), the team's poor performance this season is not too surprising, especially after star Lionel Messi left Camp Nou to join Paris Saint-Germain (France). It's simply that every team has to go through a transition period, and Barcelona is no exception.

Witnessing what Gerard Pique and his teammates are going through, football fans have been reminded of the 2007/2008 season. The failure of the Catalan team in La Liga (winning 3rd place) and UEFA Champions League (eliminated by Man United in the semi-finals), forced coach Frank Rijkaard to sadly pack his bags and leave Camp Nou.

Instead of giving the "hot seat" to famous strategists, the Barcelona Board of Directors chose coach Pep Guardiola. Don't forget, at the time of accepting the position of coach Frank Rijkaard, Pep Guardiola was the current head coach of the Barcelona B team. A brave decision by the Barcelona Board of Directors.

Under the leadership of coach Pep Guardiola, the Camp Nou team won 3 consecutive La Liga championships (2008/2009, 2009/2010 and 2010/2011), 2 UEFA Champions League championships (2008/2009 and 2010/2011), and many other big and small titles. This is considered the "golden" period of the team nicknamed Blaugrana.

According to information spread in the newspapers in the "land of bulls", it is almost certain that the person who will succeed the role of coach Ronald Koeman is coach Xavi Hernandez. The cules are hoping that coach Xavi Hernandez will help the home team reap many glories, something that his predecessor, coach Pep Guardiola, did in the past./.