Xavi hopes Barcelona can ‘fight like animals’ in UCL tie in opposition to Bayern after shock defeat to Real Betis

La Liga: After their shock 0-1 defeat to Real Betis at dwelling, Barcelona face a stiff check as they head to Munich, needing to beat Bayern to maintain their probabilities of reaching the Champions League knockout levels alive. La Liga: Xavi disenchanted after struggling first defeat as Barcelona supervisor (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSBarcelona have been shocked 0-1 by Real Betis at dwelling on SaturdayBarceloan face a do-o-die check in Bayern Munich in Wednesday’s Champions League matchXavi urged Barcelona to place behind Betis loss and concentrate on Bayern recreationBarcelona boss Xavi mentioned on Saturday that their shock defeat within the La Liga to Real Betis at dwelling would not have an effect on their probabilities of reaching the Champions League Round of 16 as they face Bayern Munich in a crunch Group E conflict midweek. Xavi suffered his first defeat as Barcelona supervisor because the La Liga giants have been shocked 0-1 by Real Betis at dwelling.

Striker Juanmi Jimenez completed off a well-orchestrated counterattack to take Betis’ winner within the 79th minute at Camp Nou.Barcelona had received twice and drawn as soon as since Xavi took over as coach from Ronald Koeman.The defeat left the workforce in seventh place and at risk of falling even additional behind chief Real Madrid, which performed at Real Sociedad later.Barcelona go to Bayern on Wednesday needing a win to make sure a spot within the Round of 16.”It’s a pity because we should have won the match, the way we played the second half we should have taken the three points. And I hope this doesn’t have affect us because on Wednesday we have to fight like animals to try to get through to the Round of 16,” Xavi mentioned, as quoted by the Associated Press.Barcelona are in a spot of trouble as they should beat European giants Bayern to maintain their hopes of reaching the Champions League Round of 16 alive. If they lose, they want Benfica, who’re 2 factors behind Barcelona, to not beat Dynaomi Kyiv of their remaining Group E recreation.Xavi urges Barcelona to concentrate on Bayern gameMeanwhile, Xavi urged Barcelona to place the defeat on Saturday behind and concentrate on getting the job performed at Bayern, which appears a tough activity for a workforce that’s struggling for type within the new season after Lionel Messi’s departure t PSG.”This is football. I am proud of the team. There are a lot of things missing and to improve. We have to more ready especially on these counter-attacks,” Xavi added.”When I think about the match, we lost because of a mistake of ours, which came in our best moment. And it’s a pity because it was a very important result, a crucial result against a direct rival. For what I have seen, they are a great team and it’s not by chance that they are ahead of us. And it’s a pity because it’s clearly a step back but we have to keep on going.”There remains to be an extended approach to go. Now we have now to neglect about this as a result of on Wednesday we have now one other remaining.”Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.