MADRID, 13 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Osasuna coach, Jagoba Arrasate, confessed that Xavi’s Barça has improved and was “much superior” this Sunday in the away defeat (4-0) at the Camp Nou, surpassed by 3-0 after half an hour without good defense or possession.
“Barcelona have been much superior. When a rival is much superior, what you try to do is to reduce that difference from tactics, but it has been the opposite. We have not defended well, we have not demanded them with the ball and that is how this result is better understood. “, he said at a press conference.
The Navarrese coach confessed that Barça has improved a lot compared to the 2-2 draw at El Sadar three months ago. “They are already developing an idea, they have moved the ball very quickly and have been very precise. This Barça is better and has more punch up front than the one we faced at El Sadar”, he affirmed.
“We have been playing with this drawing for a long time, the idea was to close more inside. Right now Barça arrives with people, and with the ball we have not progressed. It has not been our day, the rival has surpassed us and there is no other choice but to correct and think in the next game,” he added.
Arrasate explained that at the break he could only ask his men to fight with dignity and pride. “These are tough times, when a rival beats you so clearly, we tried to maintain dignity and pride in the second half. We didn’t show the face we usually show away from home, little opposition”, he concluded.