Xavi: “To be successful you have to improve and decide before”

Xavi Hernandez couldn’t hide his happiness at reaching the final of Spanish Super Cup he is new Real Madrid although he took the opportunity to engage in self-criticism when analyzing the second half against Legs. “It is a desired final and now we are going for the title. I always want to play against the best and beat them. Welcome to the final and it is a title and therefore important but it will not change the season either, although it will give us more morale and peace of mind for the rest of the season. We will try to fight for the three remaining titles no matter what”, said the Barca coach, who was praised. Marc ter Stegento be decided in the penalty shootout: “Ter Stegen He made the difference for the team in penalties. Since I’ve been here, I’ve been happy with him and he’s the icing on the cake.”

Regarding the structure of the meeting, Xavi He was complimentary of the first half as opposed to the second: “We’ve gone through different phases. The first half was completely ours. Like against the spanishThe Athletic and the Intercity We didn’t score the second one and then they scored. In extra time we scored a great goal of Ansu and returned to the tie amazingly Lorraine without us developing”. In this line, he insisted on both sides of the team: “We are exceptional with the ball but not without the ball and we lack aggressiveness because of the set pieces as well and the Legs He dominated us in the second half but not in the first, where it was the verdict. Our life was complicated against a good opponent but the game was long for us. We started to show our legs, the field was tough for both teams. We have discomfort but we will play the desired final for everyone”.

Xavi He emphasized the team’s disconnections: “We lost too much. It was a disappointment for the second half and we must revive the high pressure. Other days we are very good but since the break of world We have to decide games when we are dominant and play with personality. You need to make sure that all the stages of the encounters are the same as the first. We have to do self-criticism because we have not been well at all and we have to improve to achieve success this year”.

Asked for the reasons, he tried to draw conclusions: “We don’t know why the downturns come. The games have to mature and it is true that we have young people and that affects us too much but we have to have more packaging although .the most important thing is that we play at the end, which is the first goal, and now we have to win.

The Egarense coach especially highlighted Ansu Fati: “He has improved in defensive attitude and it’s my fault for not taking him off earlier today. He made a difference. He scored a goal and also in the shoot-out. He worked a lot to be at this level. “. And he confirmed that he changed it Ousmane Dembele Y Jon Frankieg “for discomfort but we hope no harm”.

Asked about his enthusiasm in the conversation before extra time, he said that “it is a moment to show ambition and that it is not a disappointment to have extra time against Legs or another team. and in conjunction with Manuel Pellegrini, who said there was no need for extra time and it was more convenient to go directly to penalties: “Maybe we should play extra time during the season. We ended up with players with discomfort and cramps”.