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Barcelona draw in Germany that leaves the tie open and with a certain advantage for the azulgranas, who will have to play the pass to the semifinals next week in the Camp Nou. Xavi recognized the difficulties that the team has had throughout the ninety minutes but is aware that the result allows them to face the second leg at the Camp Nou with an advantage. «He is a very difficult rival, very physical, going out to the counterattack in a devilish wayOh, we haven’t been able to stop these transitions. Also, we didn’t circulate the ball well and the field wasn’t very good either. We have been thick but we leave quite satisfied with the result because we play the pass at home. The Camp Nou has to be a pressure cooker, ”explained the Catalan coach.
Xavi recognized that Barcelona had not shown a good image, quite different from the one they had exhibited in recent games. «The normal thing is that the team that proposes generates more but today it has been the other way around. But we had already warned that it was complicated and this is Europe. There are no surprises. everything gets complicated», admitted the Egarense, who welcomed the goal by Ferran Torres, after a great triangulation: «In the end I think we have generated arrivals from the band in which we have not taken advantage of the last decision. But the goal is a great goal. I am satisfied with the result because it was a difficult rival and a very difficult field. And he concluded: «It was also difficult in Turkey and before him Naples. This is Europe. It will also be difficult at the Camp Nou.”
Ferran Torres scored the equalizer, which could mean qualifying for the semifinals. “The important thing is that we have started losing and we have scored a goal. He was a very tough rival and now it’s time to play at our house », began by explaining the scorer who has denounced that«the field was not in the best condition, although it is not an excuse because we are high-quality footballers and in the end we have managed to achieve a valuable draw for the second leg”. Ferran acknowledged that “it was a good goal, we circulated the ball well” and confirmed that the second leg will be just as complicated: “It’s Europe, it’s quarterfinals. First we have to think about the weekend game but then we will face it like today. After congratulating himself on his goal, he wanted to make clear the value they give to the competition: “We are Barça, we have to fight for all competitions in which we are alive and the Europa League is a goal ».
Eric García also valued the final draw. «The best result is to win but seeing how the field was and how they pressured us it is not a bad result. In the end, with the goal we have improved. We are not happy but we left the tie well”, the defender began by explaining, who highlighted the difficulty of playing against Eintrach: “The great teams they don’t win here and today has shown why. We have been improving and this result is already good for us for the return, to start with the right intensity. It was a close game, they ran more but we weren’t bad”. «They will try to play the same game but we will have our hobby and hopefully it will help us because we need it”, deepened Eric García, who does not feel pressured by the obligation to win the Europa League: «We know where we come from and now we just try to take advantage of what we are getting because we have earned it»
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