Real Madrid and Villarreal arriving at the Champions League elimination rounds this week showed the strength of LaLiga, Barcelona supervisor Xavi said on Wednesday as he eyes a re-visitation of Europe's first class rivalry next season.
Real took out holders Chelsea while Villarreal dazed German bosses Bayern Munich to arrive at the last four of the opposition on Tuesday.
Xavi could watch on as his side are in real life on Thursday in the second level Europa League, facilitating Eintracht Frankfurt in the second leg of their quarterfinal. The tie is level after a 1-1 attract last week's first leg in Germany.
Be that as it may, Xavi lauded his Spanish adversaries for their advancement and said it showed the nature of the association.
"What occurred on Tuesday shows that LaLiga isn't a long ways behind the Premier League," Xavi told a news meeting.
"Regardless of anything, LaLiga will continuously be LaLiga and it's extremely cutthroat. I saw the two games. I'm a soccer fan. Also, in the end our fundamental goal is to be back in the Champions League.
"Incidentally, Villarreal are a major club currently, right? All of you ought to put them on your large clubs list."
The Europa League addresses Barca's just realistic possibility lifting a prize this season as Real have a 12 point advantage at the highest point of the LaLiga standings. Barca are second, level on 30 focuses with third-set Sevilla.
Nonetheless, Xavi denied there was strain on his side to win flatware because of Real's structure.
"The historical backdrop of Barca requests of us, not Madrid," the Spanish mentor said. "We don't take a gander at Real Madrid to reflect ourselves. Our set of experiences is our greatest tension and obligation.
"Since (previous player and coach) Johan Cruyff came, he set a bar for himself. Win by playing great. This is the manner by which we Catalans are. This is the manner by which we live it. I don't have any idea about the way things are in Madrid. Madrid has a tremendous cutthroat quality, yet Barca is another story."
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