Xavi Hernández’s streak with the classics in 2023 was abruptly cut short. Barça said goodbye to the dream of achieving the national treble with a win against their eternal rival at the Camp Nou that left Xavi hurt, but also aware of the need to raise his team to secure a League title that is on track and that It is already the only open front this season. «It is a difficult night to digest. A bulky defeat that hurts all the culés, me as the person in charge, but in the first part we have been good and we have to react in the League, “valued the Catalan coach.
«We have competed much better than the result says but those things of not knowing how to compete in the second part have penalized us a lot. In the first part we have been good, superior in the game and at times but a transition of those that we had talked about stopping has made it difficult for us and then the 0-2 as soon as we left the locker room has killed us, “the Barca coach then analyzed , self-critical but also aware of the few positive conclusions that the last classic of the season produced for his team.
Ronald Araujo, one of Barça’s most successful players on a night to forget, also shared his coach’s regret after the game, but he was focused on finishing off the job in the League. “Sad for not giving people joy and because we had a great first half, we had the chances but they scored the first goal on a counter. Tomorrow we have to change the chip and go for Girona on Monday. Losing against Madrid always hurts, but we are clear that the most important goal is to win the League,” recalled the Uruguayan defender.
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