The historic Xavi Hernández closed his cycle as Barcelona coach yesterday with a 2-1 victory on his go to to Sevilla.
The Polish Robert Lewandowski opened the account for the guests with an acrobatic shot together with his proper foot, from a cross to the second put up by Joao Cancelo within the fifteenth minute.
Fermín López appeared with a low shot from exterior the realm at 59 minutes, to as soon as once more give the culés the lead. When celebrating his aim, he hugged Xavi, who gave him the chance to affix the primary group at the start of this season.
Youssef En-Nesyri momentarily equalized within the thirty first minute for the Andalusians together with his sixteenth aim within the championship, after receiving a filtered move upon his arrival within the space and taking a robust shot that goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen couldn’t deflect.
Along with his objectives in opposition to Sevilla, Lewandowski completed the season with 19 objectives (26 in all competitions), whereas Fermín López reached eight objectives within the match (11 for the season).
Barcelona completed the championship in second place with 83 factors, 12 behind champion Actual Madrid, which on Saturday closed its calendar with a goalless draw with Betis.
Whereas Sevilla, whose followers chanted “board resignation” on a number of events throughout the match, closes in thirteenth place with 42 factors.
“It isn’t a sense of liberation as a result of we wished to proceed. They’re choices made by the membership. We understood it and revered it however we thought that this was not over,” mentioned Xavi about his departure from the Catalan entity.
This week Xavi was knowledgeable that he wouldn’t proceed together with his project and that his final recreation main the Catalans can be yesterday’s recreation in opposition to Sevilla. The German strategist Hansi Flick is the one who has the most effective choices to imagine the place of Barca coach.
“A barely contradictory feeling as a result of the work is optimistic even though this season we don’t win the titles. I believe we have been heading in the right direction and I nonetheless suppose so,” she added.
Xavi took over the Barça helm on November 5, 2021, changing the Dutchman Ronald Koeman. He received the 2022-2023 League title and the 2023 Spanish Tremendous Cup, whereas leaving his document at 89 wins, 24 attracts and 29 losses in 142 matches coached.
Including three factors
With objectives within the last stretch from Vedat Muriqi (90) and Pablo Maffeo (90+3), Mallorca got here again to beat Getafe 2-1, in what was the final recreation for Mexican strategist Javier Aguirre on the vermilion group’s bench .
Aguirre and members of the Mallorca board confirmed their departure throughout the week after simply over two years.
Along with fulfilling the mission of avoiding relegation, “Vasco” Aguirre led the group to the ultimate of the Copa del Rey this season.
Mallorca completed the season in fifteenth place within the desk, including a complete of 40 factors.— AP
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2024-06-02 23:59:44