Back to the Tottenham Hotspur Newsfeed

What's next for Xavi, Barcelona after their economic lever gamble failed?

Related Topics: Xavi Hernández

Barcelona's players were called to the Camp Nou early on Wednesday, arriving a couple of hours before the start of their Champions League game with Bayern Munich and a fraction after the start of Inter Milan's Champions League game with Viktoria Plzen. The coach, Xavi Hernandez, had set up everything up specially.

The idea, he said, was for them all to watch the early kickoff together. That, after all, was the game that would decide if they remained in the competition or not, their fate not in their own hands but instead settled 990 km away: If Inter won, they were out; if Inter didn't win, Barcelona would live to fight another day.