MADRID, 4 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The FC Barcelona coach, Xavi Hernández, regretted the defeat, due to a “mistake” of his own, against Real Betis this Saturday on matchday 16 of LaLiga Santander, but pointed out that the Culé fan should feel “proud” of the team apparently at the Camp Nou.
“They do it well. It is our mistake when the team was better. We had seen Betis rapid transitions on video. It was a game to win, especially in the second half,” he said at a press conference after the 0-1 .
The culé coach, who stressed that Dembélé “changed the face of the team” and was “brave”, explained that they missed the goal when they were better. “I think so (the fans are proud). We had a very good second half, the first cost us, we lacked patience in the opposite field,” he said.
“We have tried, we have left our skin, we have not deserved to lose. Against Villarreal we did not deserve it and today it was the other way around, then the flower is over and everything is over, right? I am leaving proud of the team, and We lack many things, and to be smarter, especially against that against, “he added.
Xavi insisted that the game was to be won in the second half. “He has escaped us because of our mistake, he was a direct rival, which he will be, it is a great team, it is a step backwards but we must continue. On Wednesday we have another final. I hope it does not affect us because on Wednesday we have to compete like animals to go to the round of 16 “, he pointed out.
The culé coach pointed out that he did not make the alignment thinking about the ‘Champions’. “We have level players to replace them, I have thought about the risk of injury, we had a plan made. I have not done it thinking about Wednesday, I have done it thinking about winning today and we take an unfair defeat,” he said.
“We have worked on the completion but there are days when you are more effective. You have to be more forceful, believe more, it has not come out and it is a shame because we are leaving empty and it is not fair,” he concluded.