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Ben Hayward
@bghayward
European football journalist. Weekend editor, @FourFourTwo. Previously @standardsport, @goal. Substack newsletter: https://t.co/UFXzH3fCFG
Nov 1, 2022 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
There seem to be a lot of people in the media and also on here who are keen to label Xavi a ‘failure’ after #Barça missed out on #UCL last 16. I think it’s unfair and I think it's wrong. It's also part of a growing trend we have seen in recent years... It’s the idea that only #UCL matters. Or that it matters much more than anything else.

Examples:

Guardiola dubbed a ‘failure’ despite winning everything except CL

Ernesto Valverde’s achievements completely discredited because of a couple of bad CL nights
May 27, 2021 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
Déjà vu with Zidane. The Frenchman walks away again and like last time, he seems tired; feeling that he has taken this team as far as he can... #RealMadrid Zidane's second spell at #RealMadrid ends with two trophies in just over two years: Supercopa and LaLiga last season.

It is nowhere near the spectacular success he enjoyed first time around, when he won nine trophies (including three successive CL titles).
Aug 26, 2020 • 22 tweets • 6 min read
Lionel Messi has told Barcelona he wants to leave the club this summer. But how did it come to this? A thread…

#MessiLeavingBarça #FCB Messi has been frustrated at Barça for some time. The club’s record in Champions League since winning the treble in 2014-15 has not been good enough and after winning the competition three times in seven seasons, FCB have not won it since. #MessiLeavingBarça
Jan 16, 2020 • 21 tweets • 8 min read
Seven days have passed since Barcelona lost to Atlético in the Supercopa, a match which would turn out to be Ernesto Valverde’s last as coach of the Catalan club.

Some thoughts here on Valverde, Xavi, Quique Setién and a crazy week at Barça...

#FCBlive First of all, Valverde had been on borrowed time for a while. Lots on here have been saying he should have resigned. I’m sorry, no coach thinks that way. It was down to the board to act in the summer. After Anfield and the Copa final, it was time...

#FCBlive