“That sense of urgency since I’ve been in office is not easy”
MADRID, 2 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of FC Barcelona, Xavi Hernández, valued “quite satisfied” the performance of his team in the victory (2-1) this Sunday over Mallorca, to get closer to the goal of second place and qualification for the next ‘Champions’ , while wishing that the next renewal in the club is that of Gavi.
“I am quite satisfied, especially with the victory, it was a game to win 3-0 and they made us 2-1. We finished with a bit of anguish, but we played well. They are three points that give us more peace of mind, now we have a league of five teams that we have to win,” he said at a press conference.
“The League has been won by Madrid, and I take this opportunity to congratulate them, but we have to win this one of five teams”, added Xavi who confessed that the need to win since he arrived is not easy to bear, because of what each game costs . “That feeling of having to win yes or yes, urgently since I’m in charge, is not easy, and today it was important to win,” he said.
The Barça coach pointed the final stretch in this direction, in which they stopped playing for 10 minutes and conceded 2-1. “The psychological aspect is important, you see the 3-0 and the game is sentenced and suddenly Mallorca believes it again. We have to be stronger mentally, and then the unnecessary losses and fouls. We talk about minimizing errors and today we don’t we have done in the last 15 minutes. We came from a pothole and we had to win yes or yes”, he pointed out.
In addition, Xavi was asked about the return of Ansu Fati, about a good match for Memphis or Frenkie de Jong, about Ferran and about Gavi. “You can’t talk about the future, we have four key games. Memphis has played because it trains very well. It has had a great game. At times it hasn’t had many minutes, but it has had a fantastic week and if it performs like that it has to play” , he claimed.
“Ansu is a special player, he has a goal, he has to be in the area, I see him more than ‘9’ at the moment, he’s coming back from injury, than on the wing. For Barça and the team it’s very good news” , he noted, before referring to Gavi. “He says he is comfortable, even if he ties his laces he doesn’t play so well. He has to improve but he is 17 years old. How he plays and how he competes, he has a brutal soul. Hopefully (renewal), let’s see if it is done soon. We have the great news of the renewal of Araújo, I hope that the next one is Gavi”, he commented.
Lastly, Xavi lamented that Piqué, whom he thanked for his effort to play with discomfort, suffered again physically half an hour into the game at the Camp Nou. “He started very well but then he noticed something. He has spectacular leadership and when he is there we feel safer,” he concluded.