After the match, Lewandowski picked up the ball and took it to the locker room to celebrate his three goals against Valencia in a valuable victory to remain second in the League, beating Girona. Three goals in the second half, with two headers taking advantage of the excellent corner kicks taken by Gündogan and with a spectacular free kick from outside the area.
“We have worked a lot, both Sergio and the entire staff do an extraordinary job on set-piece actions. The strange thing was not scoring more goals from set pieces before. Those actions gave us the game and I am happy with the staff because they work very hard,” acknowledged Xavi, the Barça coach. Regretting” the mistakes “that his team had made in defensive actions.
“Lewandowski? I don’t want to talk about things about the future. I am very happy with Robert, he has desire, he has courage, he is very important, that is why he has scored three goals”
“I don’t want to talk about things about the future. I am very happy with Robert, he has desire, he has courage, he is very important,” said the Barça coach. It is the ninth goal that Barça scores from a set piece. “Today they give us three golden points, these situations are becoming more and more important in modern football,” he added about the ninth goal that Barça scored from a corner kick.
Valencia was diplomatic about the performance of referee De Burgos Bengoetxea (“no, you haven’t hurt it,” said Baraja, their coach) after not annulling the 2-2 score nor seeing a penalty in Iñigo Martínez’s previous action against Peter Fedérico.
Lewandowski celebrates his third goal for Valencia in Montjuïc. / Jordi Cotrina
“I have seen a good Valencia when we were 11 against 11. Even with 10 players we have competed,” said Baraja, the Valencia coach, hurt because he understood that there was an offside in that Barça equalizer, the first that Lewandowski scored.
“At times, different decisions are made in different fields based on the referee’s interpretation. It throws you off. Today’s action is offside in some fields and not in others.”
“Those two actions were a bit curious, I think there was a positional offside, but Barça knew how to materialize their chances and we didn’t,” argued the coach. “At times, in different fields, different decisions are made based on the referee’s interpretation. It throws you off. Today’s action is offside in some fields and not in others. There have been situations that have not favored us,” Baraja added.
2024-04-29 21:58:51
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