Unexpected mission: Xavi must follow Quique Setien's path

The FC Barcelona is near to fulfil a decade without topping in the UEFA Champions League, but besides already has almost five years in which it has cost him trascend and be leading of the maximum continental competition. Deleted in the phase of groups the two previous seasons, the culés now visit this Wednesday to the Naples with the illusion, and obligation, to go back to surpass a round of 'KO' in Europe, but especially in the Champions.

And it is that leaving to the margin those two previous editions of the Europe League, where the Barça reached the chambers and eighth of final, respectively, the Barcelona entity does not reach the quarter-finals of the tournament of clubs more important of the world from the season 2019/2020, that that saw affected by the pandemia. This situation puts to Xavi Hernández with the need to follow the way of one of the most criticised trainers of the Barça in this century: Quique Setién.

The Barça needs to begin to write a new history in the Champions

And it is that the míster of 65 years, in spite of his hard and short stage in the bench culé, is the last trainer that could surpass an eliminatory phase in the Champions to the control of the Barça. The Cantabrian attained it when surpassing precisely to the Naples that now Xavi will have at the front, although with two very distinct teams to which this Wednesday will be bumping in Diego Armando Maradona.

In fact, the gone in that opportunity contested in the still Saint Paolo, ancient name of the Italian stadium, and where Antoine Griezmann empató the initial goal of Mertens to leave equalised the crossing for the second party. However, the turn had to expect until six months, because of the stop that caused the COVID-19. Already in pandemia, and in the month of August, the Barcelona certified his pass to the quarter-finals of the Champions in the Camp Nou with the goals of Lenglet, Messi and Luis Suárez (3-1).

This back round would finish being the end of the Barça in this Champions, remembering went it the fall in front of the Bayern of Munich with the the 8-2 so remembered, and that besides, cost him the charge to the Spanish technician, as well as the continuity of players consecrated in the XI like Suárez or Iván Rakitic, for quoting some. Like this, Xavi will try to abandon the project culé the next 30 June leaving backwards the name of Setién in this appearance, and especially trying leave the best possible image in Europe.