Once the inopportune commitment to Cádiz has been overcome, the Barça squad already has all five senses focused on Tuesday’s match against PSG. In fact, the visit to the Nuevo Mirandilla was not able to capture the full attention of the Barça team. Even though Xavi’s speech before the clash was different, the reality is that In the locker room they began to ‘play’ the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals at the same moment that the first leg ended.
Revalidating the domestic championship is nothing short of utopian and the group has assumed it for weeks. The Champions League is the great illusion. Not to win it, which is more of a dream, but to go as far as possible. Prudent, the Barça squad seems to be very focused on what they will experience next Tuesday in Montjuïc: “It will be a war, but we are ready”comment sources from the Catalan team.
At Barça they are clear that the equality with PSG is maximum, so there is still a lot to suffer. However, they highlight that The ability to know how to suffer that they have now is much greater than what they had months ago., when the group was fragile and at times played without fully believing in its options. The mental fortitude of today’s Barça is the one that rescued the team when the Parisians turned the 0-1 deficit in Paris in just three minutes.
More internal union than ever
The enthusiasm in the Barcelona club is maximum. The pressure, on the other hand, has decreased tremendously in recent weeks. Going through against Nápoels meant meeting the minimum requirements and, furthermore, the fact of not having been in any pool to even reach the semi-finals relieved pressure on Xavi’s team. “When no one expects anything from you, when you have been left for ‘dead’ so many times, there is no vertigo”they move.
Right now, Barça is experiencing its best moment of the season. And from the inside you can see it. The atmosphere in training is more united than ever, The group is ‘connected’ and there is the usual tension when there are big prizes at stake.. Furthermore, the team has recovered its strength and the arguments to believe are both the eleven that start and those that can enter in the second half. The costume is a volcano of positive energy.
Objective, avoid the exchange of blows
For its part, the coaching staff is clear that we should not fall into the trap. And, far from it, in any type of relaxation. It was won in Paris and Barça emerged unscathed from the exchange of blows, but for many moments the challenge was based on back and forth. The ‘staff’ insists that the team is interested in attacking with pause to avoid entering into the bullfight that PSG proposes. Mbappé, Dembélé and Barcola – when he came on – did not have the success rate that Raphinha did, but the objective is to avoid taking the game to the Russian roulette of transitions.
2024-04-14 15:01:15
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