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Xavi sickened by Barcelona's 'worst result ever'

Wednesday, 24 April 2013




The playmaker has conceded it is now 'almost impossible' for the Blaugrana to progress to Wembley, admitting they were clearly second-best at the Allianz Arena

Xavi has described Tuesday's humiliating 4-0 defeat at the hands of Champions League semi-final opponents Bayern Munich as Barcelona's "worst result ever".

The loss at the Allianz Arena was the biggest in the competition's history at the last-four stage and represented the Blaugrana's heaviest away defeat in European competition, and their principal playmaker admitted afterwards that the Catalans could have no complaints about the final scoreline.

"It's the worst result ever," Xavi told reporters. "They were better - and I don't mind saying that."

The Spain international also conceded that the Liga leaders have little hope of turning the tie around in the second leg at Camp Nou next week.

"It's almost impossible," he confessed. "But we must try to, for this club and for everyone."

Barcelona made history in the quarter-finals by recovering from a 2-0 loss away to AC Milan to progress 4-2 on aggregate after a stirring second-leg fightback.

Vilanova to return to Barcelona this week

Monday, 25 March 2013




The Blaugrana have announced on their official website that the coach is set to depart America and come back home in the coming days

Barcelona have revealed that Tito Vilanova will return home this week after spending the past two months in New York recovering from surgery on parotid gland cancer.

The 44-year-old went under the knife on December 20, and then underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy for six weeks.

Vilanova left for New York for further treatment in January, and is now ready to return home again after two months in the USA.

Pep Guardiola's former assistant took charge of Barcelona in the summer of 2012 after his mentor decided to leave the club and take a one-year sabbatical, and guided the Blaugrana to their best-ever Liga start before being struck by health issues late in 2012.

Vilanova was replaced by Jordi Roura during his absence, with the latter now returning to his role as assistant coach once more.
 

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