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Xavi hopes to avoid repeat elimination
You have to go back to season 2000/01 for the last time Barcelona failed to successfully navigate the group stage; however, the danger of elimination has never been so great as it is now.
Xavi Hernández – then 20 – was part of the last Blaugrana side to suffer that fate and their new coach will know that a victory at Bayern will be required to progress if rivals Benfica see off bottom club Dynamo Kyiv in the other Group E fixture.
