Barcelona beat Porto 2-1 on Tuesday to make it through to the knockout stages of the Champions League for the first time under Xavi.
It was the club’s top priority ahead of the new campaign and has been achieved with a game to spare, albeit from a fairly obliging group.
Barcelona had to do it the hard way though, coming from behind yet again to snatch all three points thanks to goals from Joao Cancelo and Joao Felix.
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Xavi hailed it as a “big step forwards” for his team after the game and seemed pretty satisfied despite watching his players suffer at times.