“The triumph shows that there is life”

Xavi Hernández considered the 0-1 and the work of his team as good. Although he was self-critical about the quality of the game, he stood out above all the value of victory: “It cost us a lot, but they were three crucial points and the team needed and deserved them”, he said. He considered the victory good despite the fact that the match was not good and pointed out that “as I said, the sun has risen again, this triumph shows that there is life”.

The technician admitted that Barça It was thick, but at the moment he stays with the meaning of the victory: “It means a lot of confidence, continuing to believe in what we do. It’s costing us, because we generated few chances”. He explained that “we have had dominance, but it is difficult to generate, it is difficult to understand when we have to attack to generate two against one, when to go to space or when to center”.

He also valued the improvement of the second part: “We have been better, because the players have better understood when to attack or when to cross”. He pointed out that “the field was not helped, with them also very closed.” The conclusion is that “we have tried to the end, we have changed the system and this time it has been expensive”.

Regarding the fact that at Barça the how is valued as much as the what and the team did not play a good game, Xavi was pragmatic: “Just like the day Madrid in the Super Cup you leave satisfied with the game and you don’t win, this time you are not satisfied with the game but the three points are gold. everything is very close, very close, only Madrid had won here”.

Consider that “we have to keep going working, we got a very important victory, a crucial victory”. And he abounded in his resultist vein: “The result proves right, right? Well, this victory proves us right in what we are doing.”

He noted that “the players are having a bad time, they have a bad confidence” and revealed that “they have celebrated a lot in the locker room. Sometimes the environment is not fair with Geri, Busquets, Alba, Frenkie… Jordi Alba, highly criticized, played a great game. It’s not easy to wear this shirt, weighs 20 kilos more than anywhere else.” For the coach, the victory shows that “there is life, as I said, the sun has risen again. A very important victory on a difficult and icy field. This is the way, to continue believing in what we do”.

He remains with the fact that, despite everything, “we have known how to suffer and we have had this fortune in the goal play, an excellent goal, a well-resolved play into space with Ferran and Frenkie, but we have to generate more in attack”.

And now, a few days without a game: “We are in the fight, one point away from the Champions League, and these days are going to come in handy. They will come in very handy.”

Regarding Dembélé, he pointed out that “has not been presented because it wasn’t right, but honestly it doesn’t change anything.” And there was praise for Pedri: “If he is capable of leading the team? it already does. If at the age of 19 he already does it, it’s spectacular”.