“You have to explain what really happened”

2023-11-08 11:57:51

A year after his retirement, Gerard Piqué returned to Jordi Basté’s microphones in ‘El Món a Rac1’. The former Barça footballer, who assured that he has not played sports since he left top competition, He wanted to take pressure off Barça’s young people, who have had to take responsibility, and the team still cannot find the key. With Xavi discussed, Piqué also came out in defense of the Egarense coach.

FC Barcelona lost yesterday against Shakhtar in the Champions League, thus aggravating a crisis of results, but above all of play, to which Xavi cannot find solutions. Piqué, who revealed that he has not spoken to him since his retirement – except for the day of the league celebration when the coach invited him to the street and he did not go -, assured that “He is the right coach.” “You have to be patient. Only when you don’t see solutions, do you have to give up the coach. Xavi knows the house, he has been there for many years, he has mastered the way of playing. “I don’t think there is anyone better than him to turn the situation around.”he explained.

“We cannot think that Fermín will make us win the Champions League in these first two years.” The former footballer wanted to take responsibility away from the young people, who have burst into the first team with force, taking advantage of the club’s delicate financial situation and injuries.

“There are many young players who two days ago were playing in the reserve team and they have to get better at it”, he commented. With a squad that mixes youth with experience, with proven players like Lewandowski, Gundogan or Ter Stegen, the team does not quite find itself. “There is a very good mix like when I arrived and it went very well. Because this balance is very positive. But there are many things for a team to work.”Piqué explained.

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The level of demand is very high

A goal from Araujo in the last minute allowed the Barça team to add three points in Anoeta, where Real Sociedad was much superior. Piqué wanted to remember that in Can Barça “just winning is not worth it”. “We are a club that needs to win and play well. When the feelings are not so good, nerves and criticism begin, because it is our culture and our way of seeing football, the level of demand is very high. In Madrid they would be delighted with the victory in Anoeta,” he explained.

Just one year after hanging up his boots, the former Catalan footballer commented that he has progressively returned to watching football and Barça, but that he no longer watches Madrid, he is no longer interested like when he competed against them. “I really miss the competition and the locker room life and my teammates. Now I don’t compete in anything, and I don’t like doing sports for the sake of doing them,” said Piqué, who hasn’t played sports since he retired.

Piqué president

Currently, Piqué combines the presidency of two projects, Andorra and the Kings League. He has never hidden that, one day, he would like to try to be president of FC Barcelona, ​​and he confirmed that desire in RAC1, although he sees it as a long way off. “It’s very complex. If you weigh what you win and what you lose, you always lose. But because of what the club has done for me, if I had to help them I would do it. I don’t rule it out but I don’t have it in my head. It is very sacrificial, you put everything for the good of the club without financial benefit or any kind. If it goes wrong, it’s something no one wants to experience. I would only consider it because of the connection I have, because I feel like I owe a lot to the club.“he clarified.

Regarding the dispute between FC Andorra and the Andorran government, Piqué was optimistic, ensuring that he believes that “a solution and an agreement will be reached.” The Andorran sports secretary announced that the club would have to leave the Estadi Nacional, and this would force them to leave the country, since the Nacional is the only stadium in the country where the Second Division can be played.

Sociological Madridism

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“This is a country with more people from Madrid than from Barça, and they are also in the capital. We will always be the ones who are on the sidelines and want to bother,” commented the ex-Azulgrana when asked about sociological Madridismo and the Negreira case, with which Piqué believes that “they are trying to spin the narrative.” “It’s scary that they say we won because of the referees. We won most of the games by a landslide. “It’s nonsense and I’m convinced it’s not true,” he concluded.

Regarding Rubiales, disqualified by FIFA for three years for the non-consensual kiss of Jenni Hermoso, Piqué commented that “it is very complex.” “Since the kiss, we haven’t talked in depth. They are many things in one. It’s like in politics: people get very passionate and it’s complicated. “We have to explain what really happened,” she concluded.