The complicated and dark moments continue in the Blaugrana entity of the Barcelona Football Club, and although it had an important rebound To close the distance from the first places in the Spanish championship, the Catalan club has not finished coming together when it comes to finishing and obtaining good results in the most important and key matches in LaLiga.
His coach and legend at the club, Xavi Hernández, announced weeks ago that he would leave office next June.However, for the remainder of the championship the club has placed its entire trust in the former culé and Spanish national team player.
In the first leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 there was a goalless draw against Napoli, in a match where they had more than one chance to win it, but the goal was not on their side, and recently they were not able to take advantage of what was the draw of their greatest rival, Real Madrid, against Valencia, with another goalless draw against Athletic Club Bilbao in San Mamés.
“I think we didn’t play a good game, we didn’t attack well. We should have taken a step forward. We don’t go sad. We have not given the best version. The game required more from us. It’s a missed opportunity. The team could have done more. We have not hit the table,” confessed the coach in the press conference after the game. The truth is that this discontent was captured by the Movistar+ cameras at the end of the first half, before retiring to the locker room tunnel.
Xavi explodes at the end of the first half
“Fuck it, man! Fuck everyone… man. She’s a fucking shit. “I shit on God!”, said Xavi very angry when the end of the first half arrived. of the party. Xavi was quite upset about the “lost opportunity for everything.” “For play, sensations, to close the gap and put ourselves second… it is a day to reproach ourselves for things. “We are disappointed because we have not played the desired match,” he declared to the media.
Health and luck do not accompany Barcelona
Pedri and Frenkie De Jong retired before the end of the first half with significant injuries that will apparently keep them off the field. For some time, a low blow for the culé team in its aspirations in the final stretch of the season.
“You have to give him love, get him back well… you have to be by his side. We must do more on our part to help him so that he does not get injured. He will come back stronger,” was the message of support and encouragement from Xavi to Pedri.
“It has been a disgrace, let’s see the extent. The injuries don’t look good and they have affected us. Through Lamine’s band we have created opportunities. They are affected. They are two casualties that will be for several games. It’s a sad day. They are two decisive players. Pedri was back to being very good. It’s a shame. And Frenkie is also decisive.”
“It’s a shame. We will miss them, today we already did. With Lamine, we have generated something. But we lacked courage. Let’s hope it’s less than expected. “It’s a tremendous misfortune, two midfielders are injured,” he reflected in general on the injuries suffered by the Barça squad.
“The locker room was affected. She knew the opportunity was very good. We started well, the feeling is that it was possible… but then we went down. Faith was lacking. Athletic has given us little, but we have not been good with the progression of the ball,” confessed Hernández after not having been able to get the 3 points.
It is time to move forward and next Friday Barcelona will be facing Mallorcaand later the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 in Motjuic, where they will seek to win the match and head towards the quarterfinals of the competition.
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