3-5！Barcelona lost 2 in a row, Xavi announced his resignation, was killed, and his life hung by a thread!
This season, the Spanish giants Barcelona finally reached the round of 16 of the Champions Cup, but suffered a setback in the domestic competition, Girona and Real Madrid both fell behind their opponents, they are not title contenders for a long time, and they were beaten by Athletic Bilbao, and there is no hope of winning the title, which gives Xavi huge confidence in himself, for him, he prefers to stay at Barcelona, at least to win the Champions League before the end of the season. Personally, he wants to stay at Barcelona and at least qualify for the Champions League before the end of the season. In this Sunday's match, Barcelona played 22 rounds against Villarreal. It was the first game of the year between the two teams, they lost 4-3 and now that they meet again, will they be able to get their revenge? The game was played well, Villarreal scored two goals in a row, and it seemed that victory was in sight, but Barcelona scored three goals in a row in 10 minutes, but unfortunately their defense was so weak that the Yellow Submarine failed to pull the score back, Saul Roots scored the winning goal in the 99th minute, Morales scored the winning goal in the 102nd minute, and Villarreal gave Barcelona 2 defeats 5-3!
Xavi didn't keep his hand this time, he discharged his best 433 on his home field, Peña is still the main force, Ford, Christensen, Araujo, Kounde form the four, De Jong, Romeu, Gundogan, Lewandowski, Felix, Yamal on both sides.
From the beginning, Barcelona played their best pass, and Villarareal also played very well, they lined up in an "iron bucket" formation, constantly squeezing Barcelona's defense, constantly creating opportunities for them. The "Yellow Submarine" quickly broke through goalkeeper Peña after the start of the game, but the foul was withdrawn as both goals were first.
Barcelona came close to messing things up in the 15th minute when Felix, who arrived from Chelsea, struck between two defenders in the box and fired a difficult shot that was headed out by the Villarreal goalkeeper with one arm.
Villarreal's counterattack on the right side was in the 22nd minute of the game, Moreno shook off the opposing defender in the penalty area and hit the goal directly, but the referee fouled the opponent's player, disrupting the opponent's goalkeeper's vision, so it was invalid again. However, just before half-time, Villarreal inflicted a big loss on Barcelona's backline when Moreno headed in a cross from the back of goal to level 1-0.
In the 54th minute, Villarreal attacked Barcelona again, the goalkeeper went straight into the box, and a mistake by Cancelo allowed Ahomadzic to break through the goalkeeper's defense with the ball and score a goal to give the submarine a 2-0 lead.
Barcelona were not willing to accept their own side losing on their own turf and began a fierce counter-attack, and with 60 minutes played, Lewandowski did not stop and sent the ball to Gundogan, who fired a powerful shot to make it 1-2.
Barcelona's players were also in high spirits, forcing Villarreal into a desperate situation, in the 68th minute, Gundogan's broken kick, Pedri scored a goal to equalize the score, and on 71 minutes, Barcelona's set-piece cross, Bailly sent an own goal, Barcelona reversed the score 3-2.
Just when it was thought Barcelona could win in one fell swoop, they suffered another big loss for their backline. Guedes took advantage of a break in the box in the 84th minute to pull one back for Villarreal, and then another winner from Solot, followed by Morales to take a 5-3 lead!
In this game, Barcelona's defensive weaknesses were completely exposed, their poor performance and Xavi's position was also threatened. If this team continues to rot like this, then after this season, when Xavi returns to Barcelona as a savior, he will be sacked!