“The numbers are very good but we have to improve in the game”
MADRID, 5 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of FC Barcelona, Xavi Hernández, recognized that they have arrived “fairly” in the last games due to “casualties and tired legs”, making self-criticism especially with the offensive work, at the same time that he valued the importance of “the results” and a long week the next to recover and rest.
“I want to score more goals and we create chances to score more, but it’s happening that way. Being solvent at the back is also giving us a lot of things,” he said at a press conference at the Camp Nou, after the eighth victory by the minimum this season that allows them to put pressure on Real Madrid in the lead.
The Culé coach regretted not having scored the second before Araujo was sent off, which already forced them to close behind in the last half hour. “We are in a moment in general that we arrived just. Injuries, a bit of fatigue. It was a game to win comfortably, we made it difficult for ourselves, then we reacted, but we must take another step in the game,” he said.
“Competing, yes, I’m very happy about that, but we have to improve our game. We have significant casualties but we must improve, this week will do us good. There are casualties and tired legs, it will be good for us to rest. The numbers are very good but we have to improve in the game,” he added.
On the other hand, Xavi, who did not see a penalty from Kessié in the action claimed by Valencia, regretted the whistles to Ferran Torres, who did not have his day and also missed a penalty. “Last week they chanted for him, he does not stop working. He can fail. He has had the penalty mistake but we are not going to crucify him for that,” he said.
“The result is super positive. We have won. We have to improve in attack. Building the game is having a hard time, but if you make it 2-0, it happens to us again, everything is solved. Our comparison is from last year, and we are improving, not with the best Barça in history”, he finished.