Can't get over how frustrated I am with tonight. It's one thing playing your best players and not being a good enough coach/team on the night. To change two of your defenders and thus change the entire look of the defence when it was not required WHATSOEVER against the toughest opposition you are probably going to face in the remaining part of the season....It's beyond stupdity, it almost feels like blasphemy.
Not only that, he plays Araujo RB, when you know you need his pace and power to mark Rashford. It's like he was intentionally trying to sabotage us. It's baffling beyond belief. And then, he takes off Raphinha,the most dangerous looking of our 11 tonight, to put on Ferran Torres.
I'll admit, I've not been a fan of Xavi as coach right from the start, but I'm at peak EV levels of frustration with him right now. Guy seems absolutely-fucking-clueless.
Also, watching ETH's interview post game - jeez refreshing to see that. He was confident, called it like he saw it, and had a swagger about him when he said 'We now need to finish it off at Old Trafford' like a man who knew what he was doing and what was to come. Honest interview and no BS.
Pedri Gavi Dembele (and Busquets lol) out of the next leg it seems. We could still put up a fight and go through if we showed tactical nous and self belief but with Xavi on the bench, seems like a foregone conclusion.
