Barcelona already knew they would not be able to advance to the 1/8 finals of the Champions League again, and the Catalans suffered another humiliation in front of Bayern Munich with a score of 3-0. After the match, Xavi explained the situation in which his team is after “relegation” to the Europa League.

Xavi after Barcelona’s exit from the Champions League: “We still have trophies to fight for”

The Catalans boss acknowledged their opposition’s superiority, described his side’s performance in Group C as “ruthless” and said Barcelona will have to focus on their other goals for the season.

“We have to accept reality. It didn’t matter today, I wasn’t on the level of my opponent. Bayern were very good, much better than us. It is clear that the pre-match suspension affected us from a psychological point of view.

We had a very difficult group and everything that happened to us in the Champions League was merciless. But today it didn’t matter, other days it did, but today it didn’t.

You have to stick together, the season doesn’t end in October. It’s a step back, but we still have trophies to fight for. I understand that from the outside you can talk about failure, but internally we conduct different analyses,” – Xaviquoted by Marca.

Champions League, Group C

Inter Milan – Victoria Pilsen 4-0

Goals: Mkhitaryan ’35, Dzeko ’42, ’66, Lukaku ’87

FC Barcelona – Bayern Munich 0-3

They scored: Mane ’10, Chupo-Moting ’31, Pavard ’90+5

Rating:

1. Bayern Munich (16-2) 15 / qualification

2. Inter Milan (10-5) 10 / qualified

3. FC Barcelona (8-10) 4

4. Victoria Pilsen (3-20) 0.