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Barcelona returns to the League after the debacle against Bayern Munich. The Catalans need to beat Osasuna so as not to move further away from the area that gives access to play in the top continental competition next season. Xavi Hernandez considers that it is a good opportunity to begin the new stage that it intends. But he knows it won’t be easy. «We have a very complicated game because Osasuna defends very well with both lines of four and five. We have to be protagonists with the ball, attack and create many chances. We believe that it is a very difficult game because they accumulate a lot of people in the area and they defend well. They have a direct game and a team with a lot of soul. We are ready to compete tomorrow», Assured the preparer in his first answer.
However, Xavi acknowledged that “I am worried but also very busy at work.” «We have to recover the team emotionally and this does not stop. Tomorrow we have another revalidation. This does not stop. You have to keep working and above all get the three points. Some things we have improved a lot but obviously, against Bayern a minor Barça was seen. Bayern today are better than us, “he added.
The coach does not lose hope despite the moment the team is going through. «I remain optimistic. Obviously you have to work hard and win. This is about winning. No matter how many good feelings you have, if you don’t win, it doesn’t work. You have to start winning tomorrow, it’s another final. There is a lot left and I have lived through very difficult situations as a player. We are not at the best moment in the club’s history, it is evidence, but we must work to achieve results, “he said. Xavi also recognized the meeting he had with Joan Laporta, Rafa Yuste and Mateu Alemany last Thursday, in which they assessed measures to take for the future. «We are working, it is a reality. The team always has to improve. There is a market and Barça has to be attentive. We are talking a lot. There is a lot of trust between us and we like them to come and talk. I was very clear about what I want and what I believe in and from there work to achieve it. We have an economic problem but we have to improve the staff, “he said.
In this sense, the Catalan assured that “you have to do a general reset.” «It seems that defeat is established and that cannot be. We must demand more professionalism, dedication, work, commitment … A cycle has finished and a new Barça must begin», He assured. And he transmitted the reasons that gripped the team: «I have the feeling that it is a more psychological issue than football, they have to cheer up. I think there is level. At Barça, six or seven are not worth it, you have to aim for the excellent one. Lack of daring ». He did not want to complain about the numerous casualties that plague the squad and confirmed that Luke de Jong will be the striker who plays in Pamplona: «Luuk is an exemplary professional. He is training very well. It has very different characteristics from Memphis. We have to adapt to what we have and it is one of the solutions we have in attack and we have to take advantage of it. «The winter market is near. We have to end the year well but we need all the footballers. You have to go to Pamplona and you have to go to win. Later we will talk about names but now they are all non-transferable, they are Barça players and we have to get performance out of them, “he replied about Ter Stegen y Frenkie de Jong, questioned these last meetings.
Finally, he assessed the complaints he has received Albert Benaiges, a technician of the lower categories who has been denounced by a alleged sex scandal. «It is a very delicate and complicated subject. Today we have discussed it with the staff because we love Albert Benaiges very much and he has surprised us a lot. We have had a very good treatment and he has left a very good legacy. But justice has to play its role. I have lived with him for many years and at no time did I have any suspicions. I’m very affected, “he said.
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