Xavi Hernandez admitted after the game against the Real society that the victory has enormous value at the qualifying level, given that it consolidates the team in second place with one game less (the one in Lightning next Sunday at the Camp Nou), but that he is not satisfied with his team’s performance, especially in the second half, in which Real were able to draw.
Xavi admitted that “in the second half, Real had more ball than us, they came out in a rush. It’s a very well-worked team and we’ve noticed a lot of fatigue from the games. In the first half we were good, in the second we weren’t “. “Today is not to brag, it is evidence. The game is not correct in the second half but there are three golden points,” he added.
“In the first half we were good, in the second we weren’t. The game isn’t right in the second half but it’s three golden points”
Along these lines, the Barça coach acknowledged that “in many phases the Real he deserved more. In the second part we have not been well. In the first we were able to make it 0-2, but in the second they may have deserved a draw. But we leave with a very important victory that allows us to continue in second place”.
Xavi stressed the “great fatigue” of the team and that “people are making an extraordinary effort”, while stressing that “the involvement of the players is extraordinary”. “When you lose there are situations of sadness, doubts in the environment, but it is Barça. Despite not giving an extraordinary image, we have shown that we know how to compete. I am not completely satisfied with the game but I am with the dedication, the fight, the sacrifice” , he added.
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The coach sent a message to the strikers to be more supportive: “Until the middle part we haven’t had a long possession, but it’s the decision making. It’s putting up with it, winning the duel, combing it for the other… It’s being altruistic, having empathy, but in the end the strikers lack a bit. It is not the way of the second part, the one of the first yes. Today it is not our ideal game, but how we have competed, we are risking our lives. The effort should be praised but we have to improve.”
The coach gave an explanation as to why players like Pique, Araujo, Alba o Alves had discomfort: “As we have changed the game model and I try to push up the 90 minutes and this has not been done for a long time, we are suffering. The pressure after loss has not been done for a long time and physical fatigue is evidence. These players are not used to it but the effort they are making is commendable. what of Gerard It is spectacular. The team endures until the 80th minute, Araujo who watched us from the 20th minute… Before, five months ago, we went to the middle block and low block, but I don’t want that. That’s why the players end up melted. We must improve the tactical, physical, psychological aspect… It is because we are at the beginning of a project”.
“As we have changed the game model and I try to press up the 90 minutes and this has not been done for a long time, we are suffering”
Going to the details about the party of Gerard Piqué and his hard week in the media, he said: “I think Piqué would have played the same way, he has been suffering from these discomforts for two or three months, but this week will have helped him, this adrenaline goes, despite these discomforts he is a leader and a vital footballer since I arrived”.
The coach stressed that “we have won three gold points because Real has subdued us, the first half hour of the second half has been like that. Only two teams have won here because Real is a gentleman team. They are three vital points because they are a direct rival for the Champions League”.
By last, Xavi praised the performance of Frenkie de Jong: “He was very good, in the first half he had two or three good starts and he gave a couple of assists to Auba for the 0-2, he has played a remarkable game and has this physical ability to continue playing minutes. He is a very important big diesel for the team.”
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