Barcelona have a chance to save themselves in the Champions League against Bayern Munich on Wednesday, with a victory giving them a chance to qualify for the knockout round, and Ousmane Dembele is emerging as the club's great hope for the clash with Bayern Munich.
Xavi has been impressed by the French forward in his time as coach of the Catalan club, and it is clear that the Blaugrana need to vastly improve in an attacking sense.
Dembele is a player that can unbalance defences, nobody would argue against that, when he was at Dortmund he was one of the most effective wide players around in one-against-one battles, even if he has never hit those heights in Spain.
It is this level of performance that is giving Xavi hope ahead of the difficult match, having played Dembele in the last three matches.
"He is a great player and generates enthusiasm," Xavi declared.
"He is confidence, he is active, having him or not totally changes the game. We have tried to protect him due to injuries, but he can be a differential player."
Lack of Barcelona goals
Los Cules have only scored 23 goals in 15 LaLiga Santander matches, which is their lowest return since the 2003/04 campaign, where they scored 19.
This impotent offensive output has left Barcelona in a difficult position in both the league and Champions League, and Xavi desperately needs attacking players to make a difference.
In the Champions League this term they have failed to score against Benfica in two matches and Bayern Munich in one, with Dynamo Kiev being the only team they have the net against.
Another blank will not be enough to see the team through to the next round, hence Xavi's determination to give Dembele more minutes, and there is also the small matter of trying to persuade him to stay with the club.
Ronaldoandmbappe
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even if Messi was there u cannot escape from lewy
4Amiruspd
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Yes and I believe we would win it... the King ๐ OD won't let us down
ELIKEMSAM
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Even Messi and Suarez couldn't stop Bayern Munich from delivering the famous 8-2 What can Dembele who might even go back to injury before Wednesday do. ๐
ThaiKa92
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Waiting for this moment
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And Dembele Great Hope Is Hospital
Pablo46
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Even if we can't win does not mean we can't have hope, football is full of uncertainty, who would've expect Liverpool to loose 7_2 to Aston Villa or who would've thought of Bayern Munich loosing 5_0 to muncheglabage, we might not win but as long as they are not invisible then there's hope. if you find yourself down to someone one doesn't mean you should give up, giving up will make a slave. you should always fight for you pride and as long as we're Barcelona we will always fight for our pride. we're and always be the pride of football, forca Barca, more than a club
Pocho1
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Yes and I believe we would win it... the King ๐ OD won't let us down
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king of what. King of injuries.
Great talent but he has done nothing and prove nothing in 4 years.
Ronaldoandmbappe
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If Messi was there Then we wouldn't have been heading into Munich With the Mentality to win inorder for us to qualify because by then we would have already Qualify then
be ready for lewy bayern 18-0 barcelona
AlwaysRealMadrid7651
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Hah๐๐don't just commit Suicide if Barcelona wins that's all
Real Betis....
Real_Sim
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even if Messi was there u cannot escape from lewy
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8:2 was with messi
Jipacklmsy
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Yes and I believe we would win it... the King ๐ OD won't let us down
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OD puts in a great performance and he is a king๐ ๐๐คฃโฆ. After the Bayern game mid week he is going to be criticized