Xavi Hernandez left the Allianz Arena with mixed feelings. Proud of the image offered but at the same time angry because they didn’t get a victory they thought they deserved. “We became better in intensity, physically as well. The first half was very good, but you can’t lose a game like that. This is a day to win not to draw. I’m pissed off,” he repeatedly commented. Barça had a good first half but at quarter of an hour into the second half “the match was lost”.
The coach of Terrassa emphasized that “we created seven chances and did not score a goal. Proud because we beat them but the first goal was a scoring error”, saying that Bayern know how to make moves and “they know how to compete; we are at the beginning”. Xavi Considering that his Barça should “improve in places. It’s a pity”.
The fan saw another team, a step forward “but it wasn’t enough.” “You have to know how to compete in a corner and in a transition, as well as being more effective”, lamenting the missed chances. “It is that they are very clear”, especially at the beginning of the meeting. “The first half was very good. We dominated them well, physically and in intensity”, repeating then that it was a match to take the three points. “We deserve to win.”
Insisted by the mistakes, Xavi acknowledged that “I’m pissed off, I don’t like losing. We don’t deserve it. We are better than Bayern. We created a lot of chances.” And he blamed everything on “small details” that “in Champions League matches you can’t afford. “You end up paying for these mistakes, it’s a hard learning,” he emphasized.
The lesson is not to repeat them. And he repeated what he didn’t like “It can’t happen to us in a corner, it can’t happen to us that we don’t know how to stop the counterattack. We’ve talked about it and worked on it.”
His main conclusion was that “you walk away with a two to zero that doesn’t reflect what happened on the field.” “The result is bad, the process is good. Errors should be minimized. Effectiveness is lacking. We had a golden opportunity, should have won and you will leave as a loser”. The azulgrana team lost the opportunity to give a blow of authority.
Complaining about not scoring in ninety minutes after coming from goals, “it happened to us in a stadium where it shouldn’t happen. We have to compete better”. And when asked about the penalty, commented Xavi who at half-time asked the referee to be “honest” and “the referee told me it wasn’t a penalty, he told me”. A move that could be key to the boarding of Dembele on the right wing that Davie cut that caused him to fall. Braid did not whistle the maximum penalty but made such remarkable moves that from VAR they told him that there was no incident. The players also complained to the referee about the signaling
Source: La Verdad
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