2024-01-07 23:54:20
Another narrow victory. One more Barça player unable to overcome such a narrow margin. He does not rule the games even in the Barbastro field after having a good first half. But then he ruined everything in the second half. “You can lose a title because of a corner,” Xavi stressed after that difficult 3-2 draw.
“We gave away 1-2,” the Barça coach began by saying, lamenting that the ball given by João Félix became the prologue to Barbastro’s first goal. “I had a very good feeling, but then everything gets complicated on our part. We go back to giving away things that we shouldn’t give away,” said Xavi.
“We gave away more than necessary. Then, we had specific errors, the game was very controlled. But with that corner we gave away”
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The Barcelona coach regretted that the ball that the Portuguese striker had condemned his team to suffering. “We gave away more than necessary. Then, we made specific mistakes, the game was very controlled. But with that corner we gave away,” said Xavi, complaining, once again, that “effectiveness was lacking.”
He did not quote João Félix directly, but the coach understood everything. Hurt as he was because he came across, once again, the most charitable version. “I didn’t see it coming, but it was complicated by our mistake. They beat Almería with a lateral foul, we knew it and we suffered too much.”
Therefore, I did not understand that defensive weakness. “It seemed doomed at 0-2, but it always gets complicated. It has been more difficult for us than necessary. But the game has been positive, especially in the first half and it is positive that we are in the round of 16,” Xavi recalled. , reiterating that “if you give away and you are not with the intensity, everything changes in the game.”
Òscar Hernández expelled
Furthermore, Xavi recalled that the disallowed goal against João Félix was incorrectly disallowed. “They told me it was good. I don’t understand how VAR is not used in the Cup in 2024,” said the coach, downplaying the verbal incident he had with Crespo at the end of the match.
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Òscar Hernández, the Barça second coach, has been expelled because, according to the referee’s report, he went “towards the fourth referee” and then towards “members of the local coaching staff in an exalted attitude.”
Regarding these incidents, Xavi did not want to be very explicit. He preferred that they stay on the grass and not reach the press room. “Nothing. There are things that are discussed with the referees, just like that. With respect. Now we have been talking with Dani, with the players. There is no problem. There is no tension where there is none,” said the Barça coach.
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