Xavi Hernández, upon arrival at the press conference. /
“The pressure is not on the players; it is for me “, says the Barça coach, for whom” it is not a miracle “that Barça beat Bayern in Munich for the first time
“History is there to break it, and we have the opportunity to make history,” said Xavi Hernández on Tuesday, for whom “it is not a miracle” that Barcelona can beat Bayern in Munich, where the Barça team has never beaten. “We are Barça and we have to try to win everything. Tomorrow we have a very good opportunity to make history ”, insisted the Catalan coach on the eve of closing the group stage of the Champions League and playing his passport to the round of 16. “It’s a game and we can beat any opponent,” he said optimistically.
“If we do not win, we depend on Dynamo Kiev-Benfica, and I want to think that it is more important to depend on us than to depend on the other,” acknowledged Xavi, who describes the Munich duel as “a final”, in which Bayern will not You can count on the support of your fans. «It is a pity that the public cannot be. We play for the public and it will make everything colder. I do not see any benefit, “said the replacement for Ronald Koeman.
Xavi believes that Barça will have to “play an almost perfect game” to beat a Bayern that doesn’t play anything, and he claims “to be patient.” He also wanted to take pressure off his players before such a momentous event. «That they forget everything, that I am here to help them. The pressure is not for the players, but for me. We have to dominate the game from the ball, knowing that we have a very complicated opponent in front of us. We know we have a complicated ballot, “he admitted.
«The team faces this match with enthusiasm and enthusiasm. We have one of the worst rivals we could have, one of the best teams in the world and we play in their field, but we are excited and want to compete, “reiterated who hopes that his players” will not be psychologically affected by the latest defeats against him. Bayern ‘. In terms of names, he described Ousmane Dembélé as “a very important player”, whom Barça clings to in the absence of Ansu Fati. “Tomorrow he will have to be an important player, but not only him. We will need Dembélé and many others », Xavi concluded.
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