Xavi Hernandez he was happy and assured that “the sensations are getting better and better. The team is training very well, that’s why the results come out”. He considers that “we have worked very well, it has cost us against a team that has a very good middle and low block and that has defended very well. Even doing rotations, they are a strong team”. The conclusion is that “putting four to Athletic is not easy at all, Marcelino’s teams are always very hard-working”. With all the previous objectives fulfilled, he considers that “we came out very strengthened.”
He analyzed the match: “we have been very good in the exit of the ball, in the pressure after loss. That’s what we work for. And very well once again the tune with the public”. He admitted that Athletic complicated life for Barça: “In the second part we have even suffered”. He understands that Marcelino feels frustrated by the 4-0 because “we scored two goals at the end”, but stressed that “they could also have come earlier, the result is fair”.
About him role of Dembele, affirmed that “we have seen the Dembéle that we want, we desire and he is capable of doing. If he will continue? That is no longer my thing, it is a question for the club and for Ousmane. In soccer you can’t discard anything. I have always said that in his position he can be the best. This is the Ousmane that I think can do every game”. He explained that he gave him entrance because “I saw that we couldn’t progress inside, we couldn’t find the square and I thought it was better to have two daggers on the wings”. As for Ferran, he said that “not everything is a goal, he contributes many things, if you add a goal to him we would talk about a great Ferran”.
AND about Pedri said that “beyond the details, is how he understands the game. It’s wonderful to watch him play. He reminds me a lot of Andrés Iniesta, there is no talent like his, I haven’t seen him, he doesn’t exist. If we talk about talent, he is the best footballer in the world, for sure”.
AND I do not quit to nothing: “We are fourth, we will go for the third, then for the second and if it reaches us we will go for the first. You have to be realistic and humble and keep working, nothing more”.