Xavi Hernandez justified the defeat in the Classic for the details. In Anoetathe victory came due to another detail, for demanding that they put intensity at half-time and for a Araujo that made him proud. “It’s three golden points. They have a lot of value. It will give us morale and confidence to continue.” He wanted to be “honest” and admitted that “La Real deserved better luck. We have to be honest and self-critical. They have pushed us a lot. We have won a game without being well. We have been lucky that against the Madrid we did not have”.
Xavi He explained that “in the first 25 minutes we had a hangover from Classic, which has affected us more than I thought”, but the loot is different. “We won a very important victory” but those first 25 minutes “were unacceptable.” He has the feeling that “we have removed the thorn from Classic in a field where Real had not lost for 17 games.” He was even very explicit in his self-criticism: “Today is an example of what not to do in the first part.”
Xavi, during the match against Real Sociedad
Peter Puntí
In the second half, the coach questioned them: “I asked them if any of them were tired. They told me no. Then you have to put intensity,” he repeated again. A word he used very often.
The coach openly admitted that “today we do have to be self-critical of the game, not last week, when we deserved to win. Today we didn’t deserve it and we won.” And the team has entered the game “very badly, without intensity.” “If we do not have intensity we cannot compete, but through faith and courage we have achieved a vital victory” in a stadium “where few teams will win.” Still, “we have to improve.”
The paper with instructions to Iñigo Martinez It was for “a tactical issue because with the changes there may be doubts in the markings.” Xavi He maintained that “it is better than winning by playing well, because when you win without being well it is phenomenal for the team.” And as in the previous day, “our self-esteem went down, this week it will go up.”
In this section of self-criticism, Xavi He stressed that “we have not generated, we have not been comfortable.” The tie “wasn’t worth it to us.” The changes were made “to win.” The key is that “we finished well, they showed the effort and we created two clear chances.”
He celebrated the return of Pedri. “It will change the face of the team. He has demonstrated it “in a high-level match. Good news for him and for Barça.” He removed Lewandowski “because he came from an injury” and recalled that they have given him minutes Raphinha and Koundé
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