“I have a mobile phone that seems to have killed a relative,” Barça coach reveals after his darkest week since he took over the culé bench
“Of course I would understand if they stopped counting on me, but I am always positive. Nobody told me but this is Barça and we are here to win titles. Everyone applauds me. I have a mobile phone that seems to have killed a relative,” Xavi Hernandez revealed this Wednesday, three days after the painful defeat at the Santiago Bernabeu after the Barca team was practically eliminated from the Champions League.
“I think we’ve made a team to win titles and I’m going to continue with all the enthusiasm in the world, despite the fact that there’s been a lot of criticism this week. I know if I don’t get it there will be consequences, but I think there is a squad to win titles. If they don’t win, another coach will come and try,” admitted the Catalan coach, for whom the darkest week since he became Barca coach will help him “work even harder”. However, he admits that “it’s not easy to turn the tables”.
Xavi makes no secret of his “concern” about the situation in Barcelona, stressing that he will not stop and that “we must go step by step”, despite the urgencies that grip the team. He also reiterates that he will not change his idea of the game. “Even at the Bernabeu we played what we wanted, with advanced defense, high line and a lot of arrival”. “Sometimes it comes out and sometimes it doesn’t come out, but by insisting it comes out,” he assured. For him, the negative dynamics change “by winning, playing a great game (on Thursday against Villarreal at Camp Nou) and having good feelings.”
The Blaugrana coach insisted that “Real Madrid defended very well in the classic” and that his team at the Bernabeu showed no mental weakness. “We had them there, with the opportunity to draw 2-2. Madrid is a great team and I don’t think it’s a mental problem. He showed his face until the last minute,” he emphasized.
Xavi asked his players to “be more aggressive and position myself better after a loss and make more tactical mistakes.” “There are many situations that can be improved. They are errors of the whole, of the team, of structure. Tactical things that we have to adapt, situations where we have to attack better,” he said, after talking about “individual mistakes” after the games against Inter and Real Madrid.
Source: La Verdad
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