Supporters of Spanish giants Barcelona have flooded to social media on Thursday evening, to make their frustrations with boss Xavi Hernandez clear.
The Blaugrana, of course, marked their return to action a short time ago.
On the back of a pulsating 2-2 stalemate at the Camp Nou this day last week, Xavi and co. made the trip to Old Trafford, for the return leg of the club’s Europa League Last-32 showdown with Manchester United.
Barca’s efforts to march on to the next round got off to the perfect start, too, as Robert Lewandowski slotted past David de Gea to open the scoring in Manchester inside the 20-minute mark.
Robert Lewandowski puts Barcelona ahead from the spot despite David De Gea’s best efforts, but was it a penalty? 👀 pic.twitter.com/b5uGNXyJRL
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 23, 2023
The visitors’ evening, however, soon took a turn for the worse.
After Fred pulled Man United on level terms just minutes into the 2nd-half, Antony emerged from the bench to slot home what ultimately proved to be the game’s winning goal a little over fifteen minutes from time.
It’s like a pinball machine in there!!
Man United come from behind to take a 2-1 lead in this tie through Antony!! 💫#UEL pic.twitter.com/YcFt5Lx95Y
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) February 23, 2023
And it should therefore not come as a huge surprise to hear of the Blaugrana faithful, post-match, being absolutely up in arms.
Never shy in making their gripes crystal clear, supporters of the La Liga leaders have taken to social media in their absolute droves, to point the finger of blame squarely in the direction of one man.
The individual in question? Head coach Xavi Hernandez:
Xavi is the problem
— Nana Yaw Owusu (@nanasemanhyia) February 23, 2023
Xavi is the problem! He is not the man for the job I’ll keep saying it.
— G.E.N.I.U.S 🌎 (@Andy00710) February 23, 2023
XAVI THIS IS YOUR FAULT!
— AD (@Aguda__David) February 23, 2023
Xavi is the problem, not the team.
We all saw Raphinha at Leeds United but he’s a completely different player under Xavi.
Lewandowski is another player turned disaster under Xavi.
I don’t see any bright future for this team with Xavi in charge!— Ismail (D’ 👑 Olúbàdàn of Lagos) (@D_Olubadan_Eko) February 23, 2023
We failed in UCL went to Europa league and failed at writing Re-sit.
XAVI OUT!!
— RuF🦅🦅 (@Ruf_ayi) February 23, 2023
Xavi is clearly not good enough.
— ManLikeDammy (@Dam2juicy) February 23, 2023
trolling aside (which united fans seem to take very personally for some reason), xavi’s fault. united took it more seriously. simple. gg.
— 🪢 (@lLAIXMORIBA) February 23, 2023
Xavi Hernandez OUT, luis Enrique Martinez IN. We are tired of this stupidity#XAVIOUT pic.twitter.com/cAtubpBOMs
— Daniel Emmanuel (@Danny_metatron) February 23, 2023
Xavi? Simply NOT good enough
— Amalinze the Cat (@DominicNonso96) February 23, 2023
I’m seeing fans saying Xavi didn’t have squad options like ETH
Xavi chose Alonso Azpi and Bellerin as the defenders he wanted
110m on Raphinha and Ferran
Could have kicked out Roberto in the summer but gave his starboy a new contract
Xavi is the root of all the problems. pic.twitter.com/EzOxtGegWC
— Viserys 🪝 (@ThePrimeCuler) February 23, 2023
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