Barcelona Are Favorites To Win 'Friday Night League', Xavi Hernandez: We Are The Candidates

Barcelona coach, Xavi Hernandez. (Photo: Twitter @FCBarcelona)

JAKARTA - Barcelona is confirmed to appear in the Europa League after being eliminated from the Champions League. They will pass through the playoffs to fight for tickets to the last 16 of the "Friday Night League".

Barcelona then became one of the candidates to win the competition "level two" Europe.

Barcelona coach, Xavi Hernandez, did not deny his team became one of the champion candidates. However, he dismissed the notion of his team as the most powerful candidate.

"I would say we are candidates to win the Europa League. We are candidates who can fight for it and achieve success there," said Xavi.

Xavi seems to have learned from last season's experience. At that time, Barcelona was also a candidate to win the Europa League after being knocked out of the Champions League.

However, their steps actually stopped in the quarter-finals. Blaugrana surprisingly lost to Eintracht Frankfurt.

The Spanish La Liga club lost 3-4 on aggregate to Frankfurt. Xavi certainly did not want to repeat the same mistake.

Moreover, this season, the opponents to be faced also cannot be underestimated. There are big names like Manchester United, Arsenal, AS Roma, and several other big European clubs.