Xavi on his final season as Barca coach: "I lost the dressing room. I had lowered those high standards and the players no longer had the same attitude, the same respect, the same effort. The stand...

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Original Title: Xavi on his final season as Barca coach: “I lost the dressing room. I had lowered those high standards and the players no longer had the same attitude, the same respect, the same effort. The standards kept dropping until, we didn’t win anything. I learned a lot from this. I had to be self-critical.”

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“I began my coaching career at Barca with high expectations for both the players and the club,” he said. “The club was coming from a period where there weren’t many demands, but my mistake was maintaining those high standards for only one year, from when I arrived until we won La Liga and the Super Cup.”

“Later on, I was able to be self-critical and I said to myself: ‘Damn, what happened to me?’ I had lowered those high standards and the players no longer had the same attitude, the same respect, the same effort. The standards kept dropping until, in my last season, we didn’t win anything. I learned a lot from this. I had to be self-critical.”