18:57
End of Xavi’s appearance
So much for the live footage of Koundé and Xavi’s appearances!
18:56
The most important match for Xavi in these two years
“For us there was a turning point in the Super Cup to stabilize the project and for the players to see that they could compete our way. It was the way for the players to believe it too.”
18:54
If I would sign to get the three points tomorrow like in Real
“No, it’s not the goal. Then it happens as it happens, it’s football, without being good we won three points that maybe you don’t deserve. Well, that’s how capricious football is. We have to go back to being the recognizable team that we were in the classic”.
18:53
The mentality
“The mentality is good. Things have also been achieved through courage. In the first season we lacked football, in the second we improved, but in faith I believe that we are the team in Europe that scores the most goals in the last minutes. It means that the team “He’s physically fine and they’re a winning team.”
18:51
Pedri and the words of Pau Torres who said that he does not see him enjoying himself
“I haven’t enjoyed seeing him injured either. He is happy playing. Everything becomes clearer when he has the ball, everything improves, he is happy playing football. Pedri has enjoyed a lot with us, but I think Pau is referring to the fact that he has not enjoyed injured”.
18:48
It is urgent to combine good play and a result
“It is the ideal scenario but we know that it does not always happen. The perfect movie is to play excellently and win. There are games where you lack continuity, we have to find the formula to reach that scenario in each game. But you already know that it will not happen in every game. It will be very difficult for us to be clear. But it will come from this ideal scenario. We have to believe in what we do: we are doing a very good process.”
18:47
Exaggerated criticism?
“I think this is like that. At Barça it will always happen: it is the environment we have and what we have to do is analyze how we are from within and be honest. We have done our analysis.”
18:46
The situation of the right back… and Cancelo
“I think Cancelo will recover his natural position. He will play 80% as a full-back, both on the left and on the right. It has been a tactical question in recent games to make a three-man start. Therefore, Cancelo believes that he will return to his natural position. It’s where he and I feel more like him and me as a coach.”
18:43
You have been a coach for two years, at what point is your project?
“In summary I would say that we have been achieving the objectives that we had set for ourselves as a staff and the club, first we saved the season. And the second was very positive. I think we are halfway there: we have to recover excellence. I think that “Good work is being done, but we are halfway to recovering a great Barça that competes in Europe and dominates local competitions.”
18:42
How the level of play of Betis and Antwerp is recovering
“No, I have also liked the team in more recent games: Athletic, Sevilla… but we must recover that level. It is our identity: to try to impose ourselves, dominate and recover the high pressure, recovery after loss.”
18:40
The great objective
“We are nine out of nine. An ideal background and tomorrow we must confirm the classification. We have an opportunity and we must not let it slip away. And the second objective was to finish as first in the group, we have it in hand.”
18:39
How the return of the injured affects
“We have had casualties for the team. It is a matter of confidence that the team gives, it has been noticed. We have played the games as best we could. The day of Madrid, Athletic, Seville… it was played well without these important players. “The team will notice the return of these players.”
18:37
The balance of the match against Real
“We always do analysis. In terms of football, we lacked things, but Real put more intensity than us. We have to have more control of the game: a more aggressive high press, with more conviction, this is what we lack but we had courage. It’s evidence that the first part was not acceptable”.
18:35
Xavi attends to the Movistar microphones
“No tests, recover the intensity. Be more constant, the other day was not a good game but it’s three points against a great team. Surely there will be rotations, tiredness, fatigue, blows, discomfort, surely we will make changes. They have nothing to do lose, they dominate the third man and can hurt us.
18:34
Koundé’s press conference ends here
We are awaiting the arrival of Xavi after Koundé’s appearance.
18:32
Does the equipment have fatigue or disconnection problems?
“From my point of view it is more disconnection than fatigue. Sometimes we need to be more concentrated when it comes to defending, we open ourselves up too much and concede more than last season. The team has incorporated many players and we are still a young team with a lot of room for improvement. growth”.
18:31
If it feels special to play against a team that is suffering a war
“Yes, we know that they are experiencing a very difficult situation, but in the end we are here to compete knowing of course what is happening.”
18:30
How he is seeing Pedri
“I see him well, I see him happy because it is always difficult not to be able to do what you like, not to be able to compete. After a recovery he needs to regain sensations, but if he has played it is because he is one hundred percent.”
18:29
The most dangerous player of the rival
“I would highlight more the collective level of a player. We had problems in the second half and the end of the game was not comfortable. Tomorrow we are going to try to play a complete game and not let them get comfortable.”
18:26
What has the process been like going from playing from wing to center?
“Well, I am happy because in the end it is my position. It is true that I played as a winger last season and I am always at the coach’s disposal. Of course I had a conversation with Xavi because it is where I can contribute more and where I am comfortable, but the coach “He knows that I will never refuse to play at right back.”
18:25
Difficulties getting the ball out, how to improve
“It is a very collective issue. La Real made it very difficult for us to get the ball out, perhaps we have also lost some balls on throw-ins. And I think it is a matter of communicating, of always being in motion, also a matter of intensity. “These are things we have to improve and we will surely improve tomorrow.”
18:23
How is the competition going with the arrival of Iñigo Martínez and did he accelerate his recovery?
“We are very happy to have Iñigo and so much competition. The important thing is to be stronger. And about the second part of the question, no. I felt very good, I worked very hard to return as quickly as possible but nothing to do with the competence and the high level of the other centre-backs”.
18:21
Laporta told a Real fan that victories like this are the luck of the champion
“I agree in the sense that sometimes there are games like that where you don’t play well and in the end you get the three points. It happened last year and maybe it happens again this season. The important thing is to see where we can improve and continue suffering and competing like we did against Real Sociedad”.
18:18
If there are more doubts in defense
“Doubts, no. We have all seen it. We have played a game where we were not comfortable but doubts are not. We are very positive, we have to keep working. And there are games like that during a season. We had to get the three points and that is what we have done. The team showed that it knows how to suffer and compete in difficulty.”
18:16
Jules Koundé appears! They ask him about the feelings in the locker room
“The locker room is good. There are things to improve from the last two games. The last two games leave us with mixed feelings. We know that we have to improve and give our best version”
18:09
Everything is ready for Jules Koundé to appear at a press conference. First it will be the center back’s turn and then Xavi Hernández will speak.
17:47
Welcome to the live! Koundé and Xavi Hernández appear today
2023-11-06 18:04:27
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