“Robert Moreno is a fantastic coach, very football fan”
BARCELONA, 7 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The FC Barcelona coach, Xavi Hernández, has pointed out that the match against Granada, which is undefeated in its last six games, is a good test and a moment to demonstrate the “ancestry” of the team in terms of play and good results, just before face the Spanish Super Cup.
“It is an important game for us and for Granada, which is in good dynamics. It is a good game to show that we are on the rise in terms of play and results,” he said at a press conference.
According to Xavi, they are “improving and growing” at stake. “These two victories have been good for us for confidence, and they are again three vital points to continue in the race to reach the ‘Champions’, and then to wait to be able to go back up positions,” he said.
In front they will have Granada, with that good streak of results and also growing, of a Robert Moreno whom he had as second coach in his time as a player at Barça. “I have very good memories, they created a fantastic ‘staff’ led by Luis Enrique,” he said.
“I remember many things about him that I put into practice, and I am very grateful to Rober as with Pol or Joaquín Valdés. He was a fantastic ‘staff’ who helped us a lot, we created a very good atmosphere and that famous thing in January was solved and we won the treble. He is a fantastic coach, he is doing very well in Granada and I am happy for him. He is a very good coach, a very football fan, “he said.
Xavi arrives at this reunion with good feelings after winning in the League and in the Cup, in Linares (1-2). “Winning makes us have more morale and believe more in what we are doing and these two victories, against Mallorca and Linares, are also difficult to achieve. Winning tomorrow would give us one more point of morale, encouragement and happiness. It is like that,” he acknowledged.
“We are growing at a football level and at an economic level we are doing work so that things go well, I think we are on the right track. Because of the atmosphere in the dressing room and from what I see, I like to be positive,” reiterated Terrassa.
An optimism based on the last games and on recovering injured players or those who were infected with coronavirus. “The line-up has been made almost alone because we do not have them all. It is a disgrace for me, I want to have everyone and that there is meritocracy. Looking to the Super Cup we will imagine almost everyone because we have Ferran and Pedri as positive. almost all the available staff are being seen. We are seeing the light, “he celebrated.
For example, he hopes to have Ansu Fati for the Super Cup. “There was a doubt about going in tomorrow and playing a few minutes, but due to the last experience that relapsed, what we want is for him to be one hundred percent and we do not want to take risks. In principle he will not be available for tomorrow but he will be available for the Super Cup. It is spectacular news for him and for us, “he celebrated.
“He has a very strong ambition and he will help us a lot, he is able to make a difference and for us it is fundamental. But he has to be at one hundred percent, otherwise it would be a risk and we would lose him for the remainder of the season. He has to be there. taste, and we prefer to reserve it for the Super Cup, “he commented on the winger.
Who will not be, yet, is Ferran Torres, not registered and positive. “He has tested positive again. He will not be available tomorrow. Work is being done to adjust the salary limit and be able to register him, as we did with Dani. We want to have Ferran, that he is already negative and we can register him, and it depends on whether there is some way out and everything you already know, “he appealed.
As for the departure as a loan from Philippe Coutinho to Aston Villa, he assured that “it says a lot” about the Brazilian. “He has wanted to leave to play, to have minutes, he has also lowered the ground. He is a great professional, he wants to play and succeed and here it has cost him and he has looked for an alternative. It seems very good on his part,” he explained.
“Gavi and Nico are a reality, Gavi is a starter at the moment in Luis Enrique’s team. It no longer makes sense for them to play in the subsidiary. You have to look at many things, such as the salary limit. It would be important to have them already with a first-team record. team, but you have to make a balance and you have to look at many things beyond sports, “he commented, asking that they have a first-team record.