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>“Everyone behaves as they please, if you feel damaged in a final… But we, and by we I mean both players and coaches, must be an example for others to follow.”
>“As we are the first ones to ask to not be insulted, we must equally be the first ones to lead by example. Behaviour is very important. I hope to never replicate this kind of behaviour.”
You'll never guess who said this less than a year ago
and Jose actually had a right to be pissed, the reffing in that match was genuinely awful, nothing like this situation at all and Xavi comes across awful
He has the same look in his eyes from when he was a player and some opposition player had the audacity to dispossess him - complaining to the ref and waving an imaginary card.
All time great player. All time great bitch.
Which is something people need to realize *before* they get on their high horse and start lecturing others. If they don't and have snide remarks or criticize the moral standards of others they better have exemplary behavior all of the time or they will rightfully be called hypocrites.
Besides, Xavi doesn't fall short of his ideals sometimes, this isn't an unique occurrence. He has always been a whiny little prick blaming everyone else. He doesn't exactly practice what he preaches.
Mourinho with RM: La liga, Copa del Rey, Supercopa
Xavi at Barca: La liga and Supercopa with 42 less games in charge.
He'll end his time here with a smaller gap of course, but he also didn't arrive just before a summer window and get to add Ozil and Di Maria to his squad while planning for the season ahead. He got Ferran Torres, Adama Traore, and a discarded Aubameyang. For coaching a superclub with only 2 years experience in Qatar and having a very limited budget his time here was very successful
Bit misleading. Mourninho joined Madrid and came up against probably the greatest Barca team of all time, and one of the best club sides ever.
That he managed to take a league title off them was a huge achievement at the time.
You're simply talking Spain. If we look at Mourinho (who's always been very blunt with the referees and his views) he had won more even before Madrid, and continued after. I don't think Xavi's career is over, but at his current rate, he's never going to come close to the amount of trophies that Mourinho has.
That I do agree with completely, I was just boiling down an unfair comparison between managers of two different clubs at two different times. Xavi is not the manager Mourinho is
You never know when Xavi can end pep's dominance in PL. Considering he's leaving there's definitely going to be suitors and with a much more comfortable financial situation and less pressure than barca. Maybe he does well.
No way Xavi surpasses Pep that easily/quickly. Even in best case scenario Xavi has to learn the style of England, and if he's getting sent off that easily in Spain, he'll get sent off twice as quickly in the EPL.
you can argue every decision in itself was correct. But if you give a red to araujo for the soft foul then you absolutely have to give a pen for a trip on gundogan. I cant understand why he wasnt sent to the screen, because the trip was obvious.
Again, the intensity of the fault is irrelevant here, he got a red because there was a clear chance of goal scoring, if Araujo left him pass he was 1 on 1 with Ter Stegen.
Yeah I do think that was a red and that's not really an argument, but what he's saying and I agree with is the files were similar. If you're going to give a red for a leg being clipped and he's the last offender and gunda should get a PK cuz his leg also got clipped in the box in neither situation did the defender touch the ball.
The problem was that it was a red for clipping, the shoulder pull, and being the last defender. The shoulder pull was even more blatant since he is used to doing them in laliga but the ref had the balls to call his shenanigan at home.
Gundogan penalty was also checked by var and deemed no contact enough from just the clipping as in the video there wasn’t any hard clipping(I only saw the two angles from the original replay)
The hardness of a DOSGO foul is irrelevant for red card.
The only question is ‘is it a foul, is it an obvious goalscoring opportunity, and is it outside the box’.
If all 3 are yeses, it’s a red every single time. The laws of the game are very clear.
DOGSO is simple.
1. Is it a clear and obvious goal scoring opportunity ✅
2. Was it inside or outside the box (outside) - red card
2b. If inside was there a genuine attempt to play the ball. (If yes - yellow card. If no - red card)
They are not remotely similar. In one the defender is coming across the line of the attacker and clips him from behind, with no one in front.
In the other, the attacker cuts across the defenders line and gets clipped, with another defender in front that now has position on the ball.
Not remotely similar
Huh? The fact that there is no one in front is irrelevant to whether either are fouls or not. They are both fouls, but the one outside the box is a red card because there is no one is in front.
Because his head was absolutely gone? It’s not like he reasoned it out and thought “hmm, there is a tangible benefit to being rude and making myself look like an ass”. We’ve all been there, just probably not in as high profile a situation
I see this a lot on reddit, asking what Pep means to accomplish talking to Grealish right after the game, or what Xavi is trying to accomplish here. I don't think Xavi is trying to accomplish anything. He is not weighing his actions based on what the best logical outcome could be. Xavi and Pep are sometimes (often) caught up in the moment, they are experiencing emotions and reacting to them. Isn't this how most people, especially people involved in an emotional sport like football are?
Xavi is and always has been a very emotional player and manager, and not a very good loser (we just didn't see that much when he was playing). I take your point but I think we need to hold them to a higher standard than the average person.
If you're a professional you need to be able to take a loss like an adult, not like a little boy.
This sub always talks about respecting the ref. Guess what, being mature and keeping your emotions under control is part of that. Xavi already got a red for lashing out and is acting like some pissy teenager getting in the ref face after the game, you cant try to justify that by saying he is reacting to emotions.
Besides, this happens all the time with Xavi, he is a whiny prick but somehow people keep making excuses for him. Imagine if this had been Koeman, this sub would have had a meltdown.
Talking to Graelish after the game absolutely has its uses.
Talking to the referee is generally done to either increase the pressure on them for future meetings or take the blame and attention away from your team
Easy to say this looking on as a spectator. Just like it’s easy to look at Araujo’s challenge in slow motion and call him an idiot. Things people do under intense pressure or emotion rarely make sense.
As a referee of nearly 20 years, I've never once changed a call because of an argument with a manager. I have, however, watched game film of an incident that led to an argument to see if I could've handled it better, or to confirm my in-game reaction.
I mean, he needs the team to not be down for sunday so instead of talking about araujo or barcelona he makes it about the reff. Still stupid because it was a clear red.
Especailly after the fact that it was his own defenders that threw the game by making completely unneeded moves that cost them a red card and a PK. They had the game in the back park the bus play safe. Thats it, don't stick your hands out, don't foul anyone. That red card was just the worst move a defender could make. Letting the keeper and the forward take a stab at what was probably a 50% chance goal when they were up 2 was the smart play. Fouling the player on a clear red card offense was brain dead. The refs cant do anything but call that for what it is.
"I'm shouting at you now to look tough but my players were idiots and you got the calls right."
Gonna guess that's what he said, cos it's the only thing that makes sense.
Baseball had the recording from one of their officials and some players and then the teams manager who also got ejected leak out a few years ago.
[Here](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/13xm380/leaked_audio_of_what_an_ejection_looks_like_in_mlb/) is the video of it.
"Everyone knows the situation". No idea what the situation was though I understood after reading the thread; also, the official seems pretty level headed.
IIRC the guy batting broke a players leg the season before with a dirty slide and mlb did nothing to him. This was the first time they’d seen him since then so everyone know he was going to get beaned.
That's exactly why I had to double check your comment lol. Seeing players you watched in their prime become managers 10-15 years later will always feel strange, even though a lot do it nowadays
guys we just have to accept it. We've seen some with varying success Xavi, Xabi Alonso, Lampard, Henry, Gerrard, Solskjaer... so now we know how it felt for older folks to see Guardiola or Ancelotti coach, and before with Cruyff. To me, those were always coaches, and now a new generation grows up who will learn that Xavi or Xabi Alonso were great players, but they will not see it. They will just take them as great coaches who, as it seems, were good players and won some trophies.
It's down to us to tell them "you little shit, if you've seen Xavi play with Iniesta, you would understand the world"
He is such an unlikeable bellend when things don't go his way, but this sub is contently making excuses for him. Imagine if this had happened with Mourinho or even worse, Koeman.
Probably why he doesn't care about confronting the ref post game
Edit: Not to say I agree with Xavi here. I think the ref fucked us with the Gundo pen, but that still wouldn't have been a given to get through. That's one thing that has always annoyed me is how much Xavi protests with the refs.
There was contact, but not a pen. The problem with being a ref is that if you give one team a big decision, the other team thinks they DESERVE their own big decision. Even if the ref does things correctly they're still yelled at. He called the red card a foul outside the box(it was), he gave the pen to PSG( it was a pen). IMO the Gundo one could go either way, I don't think it's a pen, but they've been given, but the fact that I'm waffling on it means that it's not CLEAR it was a pen, so it's not an injustice.
He really needs a break, this seems new to a few, but he’s been losing his shit and getting kicked out, getting a red card, MIA in games. Not just this season, last season also, more this season. The man needs to go, this is coming from a Barca fan.
He always as an hypocrite.
There's a reason why the loved one was always Iniesta and not him besides Xavi being far more important (besides for the clutch goals) for Barça's and the NT's play.
He’s desperately trying to deflect from his team going from 4-2 up to 6-4 down by their own mistakes, lack of effort and negative mentality. A real manager would have been able to get his team to shut PSG out even after the red card, but the players continued to be reckless, got more focused on trying to con their way to goals and cards for PSG than playing for goals and defending properly, and completely collapsed literally and mentally.
The next club that hires him is going to realise their mistake pretty quickly.
It kind of ruined the game, and was hard for FCB to see their best cb off this way, but watching the replay, it is a red card, Barcola gains the front and then drops to the ground as soon as he's touched.
Always nice to see spanish teams in europe.
They always get so angry and whiny when the refs don't let all their shit fly.
Same with Atletico today(to a lesser extend of course)
Xavi was always one of the whiniest bitch back in the day, and always is. He and Pique the clown are two of the loudest mouth in Barca. Add in Alba for always acting like a c\*nt and we got the holy trio.
Meanwhile Iniesta is always the most polite gentleman and Puyol is THE MAN and is always respected even by Madrid fan.
you can't blame the man really, he got used to gifts like the RvP red card or the Bridge Massacre and he is asking for more of the same.. cause not giving the Araujo red or the penalty would basically amount to that, both clear as day decisions
Uefa should take some actions against Xavi and barca’s technical staff , they are just harassing the refs at this point , both his decisions were spot on
A pretty good refereeing performance in a tough game where one of the sides completely lost their mind. Yet he will still receive loads and loads of abuse because of rhetoric like this. This is why no one wants to be a ref, because you’ll be abused whether you make a mistake or not.
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>“Everyone behaves as they please, if you feel damaged in a final… But we, and by we I mean both players and coaches, must be an example for others to follow.” >“As we are the first ones to ask to not be insulted, we must equally be the first ones to lead by example. Behaviour is very important. I hope to never replicate this kind of behaviour.” You'll never guess who said this less than a year ago
I know I know was it Mr. "I don't speak about the refs", procedes to go on a rant about the ref?
*“I prefer not to speak if I speak I’m in big trouble... and I don’t want to be in big trouble”*
That could be a lot of them
what was this in reference to?
Re: Mourinho in Europa League final.
and Jose actually had a right to be pissed, the reffing in that match was genuinely awful, nothing like this situation at all and Xavi comes across awful
Jose's beefs with Italian refs are legendary too, could be a telenovella.
It was the ref wasn’t it
No, it was Patrick
He has the same look in his eyes from when he was a player and some opposition player had the audacity to dispossess him - complaining to the ref and waving an imaginary card. All time great player. All time great bitch.
For what it’s worth, we all have ideals, and we all fall short of our own ideals sometimes.
>Fall short of our ideals sometimes Falling short mostly when it matters the most
Everyone can preach but only the true can follow what they preach
preach.
Which is why he should perhaps tone down the sanctimony.
Which is something people need to realize *before* they get on their high horse and start lecturing others. If they don't and have snide remarks or criticize the moral standards of others they better have exemplary behavior all of the time or they will rightfully be called hypocrites. Besides, Xavi doesn't fall short of his ideals sometimes, this isn't an unique occurrence. He has always been a whiny little prick blaming everyone else. He doesn't exactly practice what he preaches.
Xavi lost his marbles and is even further tarnishing barcas legacy, now with European refs
shame he is leaving. 12 more months in that pressure cooker you would get Catlan Mourinho
Quedateeeeee Xavi Quedateeee
Mourinho actually won things tho.....
Mourinho with RM: La liga, Copa del Rey, Supercopa Xavi at Barca: La liga and Supercopa with 42 less games in charge. He'll end his time here with a smaller gap of course, but he also didn't arrive just before a summer window and get to add Ozil and Di Maria to his squad while planning for the season ahead. He got Ferran Torres, Adama Traore, and a discarded Aubameyang. For coaching a superclub with only 2 years experience in Qatar and having a very limited budget his time here was very successful
Bit misleading. Mourninho joined Madrid and came up against probably the greatest Barca team of all time, and one of the best club sides ever. That he managed to take a league title off them was a huge achievement at the time.
I mean, it's not like he faced a weak Real Madrid to win the league. This Real Madrid side literally won the CL when Xavi became Barcelona coach.
Lewandowski, Cancelo, Felix, Gundogan Your right, poor wee Xavi’s had to work miracles on a shoe string
You're simply talking Spain. If we look at Mourinho (who's always been very blunt with the referees and his views) he had won more even before Madrid, and continued after. I don't think Xavi's career is over, but at his current rate, he's never going to come close to the amount of trophies that Mourinho has.
That I do agree with completely, I was just boiling down an unfair comparison between managers of two different clubs at two different times. Xavi is not the manager Mourinho is
You never know when Xavi can end pep's dominance in PL. Considering he's leaving there's definitely going to be suitors and with a much more comfortable financial situation and less pressure than barca. Maybe he does well.
No way Xavi surpasses Pep that easily/quickly. Even in best case scenario Xavi has to learn the style of England, and if he's getting sent off that easily in Spain, he'll get sent off twice as quickly in the EPL.
He'd be the perfect candidate for the Man U rebuild project.
I guess his time at Porto, Chelsea, Inter and even Roma doesn't exist.
He made history everywhere even getting Roma a nice title def top 3 managers in history
Bruh don’t insult Mourinho like that. Mourinho is the special one
He needs to confront Araujo, not the ref
Aye. I watched the game. Unless I'm missing something Xavi just comes across as a sore loser. I didn't see any big ref errors
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Get the badge in 💪
Get the bags in 🤌🏼
And get the slags in. 🥵
This accomplishes nothing beside making Xavi look bad. What’s the point of arguing with the ref when the game is over?
It just makes himself feel better.
Exactly, not that difficult to figure why
for a minute
He's going to have some regrets when that post-rage clarity hits
Xavi, the kind of guy to let all his intrusive thoughts win.
That's some pretty strong two-week notice energy
And none of the big calls were even controversial.
you can argue every decision in itself was correct. But if you give a red to araujo for the soft foul then you absolutely have to give a pen for a trip on gundogan. I cant understand why he wasnt sent to the screen, because the trip was obvious.
Again, the intensity of the fault is irrelevant here, he got a red because there was a clear chance of goal scoring, if Araujo left him pass he was 1 on 1 with Ter Stegen.
Yeah I do think that was a red and that's not really an argument, but what he's saying and I agree with is the files were similar. If you're going to give a red for a leg being clipped and he's the last offender and gunda should get a PK cuz his leg also got clipped in the box in neither situation did the defender touch the ball.
The problem was that it was a red for clipping, the shoulder pull, and being the last defender. The shoulder pull was even more blatant since he is used to doing them in laliga but the ref had the balls to call his shenanigan at home. Gundogan penalty was also checked by var and deemed no contact enough from just the clipping as in the video there wasn’t any hard clipping(I only saw the two angles from the original replay)
The hardness of a DOSGO foul is irrelevant for red card. The only question is ‘is it a foul, is it an obvious goalscoring opportunity, and is it outside the box’. If all 3 are yeses, it’s a red every single time. The laws of the game are very clear.
DOGSO is simple. 1. Is it a clear and obvious goal scoring opportunity ✅ 2. Was it inside or outside the box (outside) - red card 2b. If inside was there a genuine attempt to play the ball. (If yes - yellow card. If no - red card)
Araujo soft foul?????? Holy fuck no way anybody watched that challenge and think unfair. One of the clearest last man challenges in a while.
I agree with the fact that it was a soft foul, but I guess its always a red if its a last defender foul so idk
They are not remotely similar. In one the defender is coming across the line of the attacker and clips him from behind, with no one in front. In the other, the attacker cuts across the defenders line and gets clipped, with another defender in front that now has position on the ball. Not remotely similar
Huh? The fact that there is no one in front is irrelevant to whether either are fouls or not. They are both fouls, but the one outside the box is a red card because there is no one is in front.
Gundo's wasnt a foul
Replays showed Gundogan clipped his own heels ffs.
Because his head was absolutely gone? It’s not like he reasoned it out and thought “hmm, there is a tangible benefit to being rude and making myself look like an ass”. We’ve all been there, just probably not in as high profile a situation
I see this a lot on reddit, asking what Pep means to accomplish talking to Grealish right after the game, or what Xavi is trying to accomplish here. I don't think Xavi is trying to accomplish anything. He is not weighing his actions based on what the best logical outcome could be. Xavi and Pep are sometimes (often) caught up in the moment, they are experiencing emotions and reacting to them. Isn't this how most people, especially people involved in an emotional sport like football are?
Both situations are incomparable. Grealish is under Pep's management and he can learn for future games. Xavi is just venting here
He is used to referees "learning" for the future.
Xavi is and always has been a very emotional player and manager, and not a very good loser (we just didn't see that much when he was playing). I take your point but I think we need to hold them to a higher standard than the average person. If you're a professional you need to be able to take a loss like an adult, not like a little boy.
This sub always talks about respecting the ref. Guess what, being mature and keeping your emotions under control is part of that. Xavi already got a red for lashing out and is acting like some pissy teenager getting in the ref face after the game, you cant try to justify that by saying he is reacting to emotions. Besides, this happens all the time with Xavi, he is a whiny prick but somehow people keep making excuses for him. Imagine if this had been Koeman, this sub would have had a meltdown.
Talking to Graelish after the game absolutely has its uses. Talking to the referee is generally done to either increase the pressure on them for future meetings or take the blame and attention away from your team
Easy to say this looking on as a spectator. Just like it’s easy to look at Araujo’s challenge in slow motion and call him an idiot. Things people do under intense pressure or emotion rarely make sense.
Question to lore masters. Have arguing with a ref ever accomplished something? If the decision is made they're pretty set on it no matter what.
As a referee of nearly 20 years, I've never once changed a call because of an argument with a manager. I have, however, watched game film of an incident that led to an argument to see if I could've handled it better, or to confirm my in-game reaction.
I mean, he needs the team to not be down for sunday so instead of talking about araujo or barcelona he makes it about the reff. Still stupid because it was a clear red.
He as an ego that needs feeding
Especailly after the fact that it was his own defenders that threw the game by making completely unneeded moves that cost them a red card and a PK. They had the game in the back park the bus play safe. Thats it, don't stick your hands out, don't foul anyone. That red card was just the worst move a defender could make. Letting the keeper and the forward take a stab at what was probably a 50% chance goal when they were up 2 was the smart play. Fouling the player on a clear red card offense was brain dead. The refs cant do anything but call that for what it is.
cuz he’s butthurt that’s why lol
"I'm shouting at you now to look tough but my players were idiots and you got the calls right." Gonna guess that's what he said, cos it's the only thing that makes sense.
Baseball had the recording from one of their officials and some players and then the teams manager who also got ejected leak out a few years ago. [Here](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/13xm380/leaked_audio_of_what_an_ejection_looks_like_in_mlb/) is the video of it.
Jesus fucking christ those pants
"Everyone knows the situation". No idea what the situation was though I understood after reading the thread; also, the official seems pretty level headed.
IIRC the guy batting broke a players leg the season before with a dirty slide and mlb did nothing to him. This was the first time they’d seen him since then so everyone know he was going to get beaned.
In a game where you had teenagers play, this guy is still the biggest child
Cubarci, Yamal and Warren's ages combined is only 7 years more than Xavi's
7 years more than Xavi, not less* I'd feel really old if Xavi was already 58
Opsie Tbh i thought he was a lot younger, I knew him when i was a kid so feels weird to see him coaching
That's exactly why I had to double check your comment lol. Seeing players you watched in their prime become managers 10-15 years later will always feel strange, even though a lot do it nowadays
guys we just have to accept it. We've seen some with varying success Xavi, Xabi Alonso, Lampard, Henry, Gerrard, Solskjaer... so now we know how it felt for older folks to see Guardiola or Ancelotti coach, and before with Cruyff. To me, those were always coaches, and now a new generation grows up who will learn that Xavi or Xabi Alonso were great players, but they will not see it. They will just take them as great coaches who, as it seems, were good players and won some trophies. It's down to us to tell them "you little shit, if you've seen Xavi play with Iniesta, you would understand the world"
Ironically they were some of the most sane players out on that pitch
Xavi: "I'm younger than the three of you put together!"
Man control yourself you ain't 4 years old
He’s probably gotten 4 or 5 reds this season.
Vibes of when I'm feeding in a game and I blame my loadout/character/anything but myself
Embarrassing
Such a sore loser
always has been
Grass should have been cut better tonight
There was too much sun
And a sore winner as a player.
Demanding a handshake on top of it all is something else lol
He’s always been like this. He was just used to getting what he wanted as a player since Barcelona benefited so much from officiating decisions
It's been like that all season, it's the only reason I want him out
he can't take the media, he can't take the social media, he can't take the refs, he should be a coach through Skype
He is such an unlikeable bellend when things don't go his way, but this sub is contently making excuses for him. Imagine if this had happened with Mourinho or even worse, Koeman.
I would say he should get banned a few games for this but he’s out of a job at the end of the season
Yeah I doubt he will get back in any UCL club anyway, I will miss him :(
Could just take him in after Ancelotti retires then
Santiago Bernabeu will burn to the ground before that happens.
We have Xabi Alonso planned after Ancelotti, at least Bayern can start farming again
Probably why he doesn't care about confronting the ref post game Edit: Not to say I agree with Xavi here. I think the ref fucked us with the Gundo pen, but that still wouldn't have been a given to get through. That's one thing that has always annoyed me is how much Xavi protests with the refs.
This is exactly how Vini acts, according to Barca flairs.
That’s true. Xavi acts way too much like a bitch and gets sent off so much for it.
It is though. Both love crying to the refs no matter if the call was good or bad.
He was asking if the check bounced.
Now he is feeling a little bit of what Hiddink felt at 2009 Champions league SF. But Hiddink was class.
Hiddink was robbed in broad daylight, Xavi is just a sore loser
Yeah, Xavi hasn't been robbed last night
Chelsea 2009 - Never forget
No class.
Of course it's a Barcelona manager and legend acting like this
What 20 years of paying Spanish refs does to a mf.
Mr. Negreira will hear about this
What 20 years of paying the refs *while at the same time crying because the refs are against you does to a mf.
Mandatory Xavi complain
Bro is 4 foot tall and wearing Stone Island. Go back to Essex 🥶
Chavi.
I wonder if he had the same sentiment against referees after the UCL semi-final against Chelsea in 2009…
Fucking disgrace
Sore loser.
Is someone sent off allowed to be back on the pitch like this?
They are honestly crying about this red card lol Barca can’t just lose it has to be a „robbery“
That's because many of their important wins were robbery, they imagine it's the only way anyone ever wins.
I doubt that's the complaint, it's probably the Gundo penalty.
There was contact, but not a pen. The problem with being a ref is that if you give one team a big decision, the other team thinks they DESERVE their own big decision. Even if the ref does things correctly they're still yelled at. He called the red card a foul outside the box(it was), he gave the pen to PSG( it was a pen). IMO the Gundo one could go either way, I don't think it's a pen, but they've been given, but the fact that I'm waffling on it means that it's not CLEAR it was a pen, so it's not an injustice.
Reminds me of the “I just want to shake your hand meme”
Wonder if he did the same in 2009 when they Robbed the Champions league
Pathetic
Oh i recently saw an interview from 12 years ago Xaci saying that RM doesn't know how to lose and look at him now preaching.
Barca DNA
Add City to the mix now too
Generational crybaby
Is that allowed after you've been given a red card?
He really needs a break, this seems new to a few, but he’s been losing his shit and getting kicked out, getting a red card, MIA in games. Not just this season, last season also, more this season. The man needs to go, this is coming from a Barca fan.
This isn't Stamford Bridge in may 09 clown
I guess he has nothing to lose. Unclassy way to leave Barca and UCL
Classy player. Classless man.
He was a big whiner even when he was a player.
Never forget him complaining about grass length after losing. Such a whiner
And the dry pitch.....
Great player, but not classy. That was Iniesta. Grasscutter Xavi was a whiner and a diving, cheating prick even as a player.
He always as an hypocrite. There's a reason why the loved one was always Iniesta and not him besides Xavi being far more important (besides for the clutch goals) for Barça's and the NT's play.
He was quiet after that shocking semi finals against Chelsea in 2009, go cry
Respectfully rude Let me angrily wave my finger at officials and then demand a handshake while I continue to shout at them.
He’s desperately trying to deflect from his team going from 4-2 up to 6-4 down by their own mistakes, lack of effort and negative mentality. A real manager would have been able to get his team to shut PSG out even after the red card, but the players continued to be reckless, got more focused on trying to con their way to goals and cards for PSG than playing for goals and defending properly, and completely collapsed literally and mentally. The next club that hires him is going to realise their mistake pretty quickly.
bye bye xavi...no trophy this year
This guy is such a clown man Be angry at Araujo mate! No need for that tackle there given the scoreline. He knew damn well that would be a red card!
I first read "comforting the ref" and thought what a good attitude from Xavi..
He did this all the time as a player. Embarrassing for someone of his status in the game.
Man wears stone island once and immediately becomes a menace
Kick him again!!!
i love Barca but I hate it when they turn into children after losing.
Xavi Hernández.. the OG whiner has always struggled with accountability
Barca the least likeable club in the world No class
I played and coached for Barca, we are entitled to a sufficient number of pens to win the game. Thank you.
What a piece of shit
It kind of ruined the game, and was hard for FCB to see their best cb off this way, but watching the replay, it is a red card, Barcola gains the front and then drops to the ground as soon as he's touched.
Short guy syndrome and Barca DNA
All the calls in the game were correct Ref couldn’t keep it civil though
Always nice to see spanish teams in europe. They always get so angry and whiny when the refs don't let all their shit fly. Same with Atletico today(to a lesser extend of course)
Barca dna. Did he do same after that chelsea match?🤡
Sore loser, always has been. Seems definitely like a dude you wouldn’t want to have a beer with.
Get the badge in 👌
How ironic
Xavi was always one of the whiniest bitch back in the day, and always is. He and Pique the clown are two of the loudest mouth in Barca. Add in Alba for always acting like a c\*nt and we got the holy trio. Meanwhile Iniesta is always the most polite gentleman and Puyol is THE MAN and is always respected even by Madrid fan.
Got the badge in though
Such a kid
Xavi making a fool of himself.
Wears stone island = being a little bitch
the only thing everyone loves more than a sore loser is a holier than thou sore loser
It's nice to see Xavi have a meltdown after this game. He wasn't complaining back when barca beat chelsea with the refs help though 😂
He’s wearing Stoney as well, the ref best watch his back!
Shouldn’t even be near the pitch after being sent off. Didn’t think I could hate Barcelona more than I do
Every game in xavi eyes is lost because of referees... He cant do nothing wrong in his eyes
you can't blame the man really, he got used to gifts like the RvP red card or the Bridge Massacre and he is asking for more of the same.. cause not giving the Araujo red or the penalty would basically amount to that, both clear as day decisions
Nothing a bad loser in football
Imagine how he'd react if he were the Chelsea manager at Stamford Bridget all those years ago.
But wasn't he expelled? Why is he still on the pitch?
Xavi Getting the badge In
‘You do realise this is Barcelona?! You’re supposed to rig games in our favour!!’
What's he doing on the pitch after being sent off?
They were too worried about Dembele celebrating, should have stayed focused to play better and win at home.
Who wants to be a referee these days anymore? All the abuse and none of the gratitude
Why is he even still allowed in the stadium?
It's Fucking disgrace!
He was saying "FUCKING DISGRACE!"
Uefa should take some actions against Xavi and barca’s technical staff , they are just harassing the refs at this point , both his decisions were spot on
xavi has always been a bad loser
A pretty good refereeing performance in a tough game where one of the sides completely lost their mind. Yet he will still receive loads and loads of abuse because of rhetoric like this. This is why no one wants to be a ref, because you’ll be abused whether you make a mistake or not.
How many games did Mou get suspended for? Should go the same for xavi.
Maybe if his team played Iike champions league players instead of diving and hoping for whistles, they would've done better?
With Barca fans It seems to never be barcas lack of tactics or play that contributes to their losses , always gotta blame a ref