Europe continues to be the great pending account of Xavi's Barça

The FC Barcelona continues with his bad series in European competitions. The Barcelona do not raise head although in front of the Manchester United did a correct party, in which the fans applauded the big effort of the team to win the party and go with a slight advantage to Old Trafford. However, the tie 2-2 leaves a bitter flavour of mouth and a 'stain' more in the recent international record.

Since Xavi Hernández assumed the reins of the team, only has achieved a victory in the last eight commitments that has contested inside the Spotify Camp Nou. Sucedió In front of Viktoria Plzen (5-1) in the first day of the Champions League, where Robert Lewandowski premièred with a 'hat-trick' with the elastic Barcelona.

This was the last joy home in European competitions, because afterwards they have chained a succession of adverse results that ended the elimination of the club of the League of Champions. 3-3 in front of the Inter of Milan and 0-3 in front of the Bayern Munich, what would condemn to the culés to a new season in the Europe League. In front of the United conceived the fourth international party of the Barça without victory, with a 2-2 that leaves very engaged the meeting of turn.

To these parties of adds them the debut in Champions of Xavi in front of the Benfica (0-0) and also the equalities in front of the Napoli (1-1) and Galatasaray (0-0). With all they are eight meetings of venue in which the Barcelona does not achieve the victory with the egarense in the bench. Nevertheless, the 'gafe' goes even more backwards.

Three years without important victories

The bad series of parties in the enclosure culé traces back to December of 2020, when the Juventus of Cristiano Ronaldo imposed to domicile by 0-3 in phase of groups. Afterwards it would follow suit Paris Saint-Germain in the eighth of final with three annotations of Kylian Mbappé in the meeting of gone (1-4). In the last three years the barcelonismo only knows victories in front of the Dinamo of Kiev and Viktoria Plzen, in addition to painful defeats like the multiple goleadas of the Bayern.

The only difference between the ancient Barças and the one of this Thursday in front of the United is that this time were ovacionados of the Camp Nou by the good feelings that left in the terrain. They contested each ball to the end and did not go down the arms in search to achieve the victory. It will be necessary to see if they can concretise the feat in English territory and give him a new joy to the inflate culé.