“You have to be more of a team than ever”

Xavi Hernandez the formula is clearto win at the Bernabéu despite the casualties: “You have to be more of a team than before,” he explained at the start of the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinal against Real Madrid, where he gave away status. of favorite: “My argument is that he won the latest League and Champions titles and we are in the process of building. It was Madrid, a strong Madrid, that fell in the field of Liverpool”. Said. But he added:We have many assets, too. I envision a very even tie”.

Without Lewandowski or Pedri, considered by the technician that the group should be key: “You have to be more of a team than ever. You have to be very brave, have personality, minimize losses, have the ball. And he added: “This is a model match”, making it very clear that the most important thing is to have the ball.

He doesn’t believe that last two lossesManchester and Almería, detracts from what has been done so far: “We are in the semifinal of the Cup, we have the title, we competed in Europe despite losing… the movie is being good, the team has grown and continues to grow, and in the League we continue to fight”.

Despite criticism of defeat In Almería, unexpectedly, Xavi asked for confidence and positivism: “The only thing ‘ayayay’ can bring us is negative things. What I have to do is tell the players that we have a chance to win the League and the Cup. From here, show our personality”. And he again escapes from the concept of a party that will score in the future: “Everything scores. Valencia, if we win, if we lose… Almería scored: we went from outstanding to notable”. And he stressed: “I am euphoric to be where I am, coming from last year. We won the Super Cup and we can win the League and the Cup- ¿Cagómetro?, we are in a privileged situation to win titles”. And this is very clear: “We’re fine.”

Decision at Camp Nou

In the playoffs, believe that “it will decide at Camp Nou. There are two games, we are very happy to join. We will go out to win, it is a golden opportunity and we will give 100%, the objective is to win. That it is a Classic is a plus. I like it, it motivates me the Bernabéu more than other types of matches”, he added.

He again said that he was not signing anything concrete result: “Draw or minimal defeat? We don’t agree, we always go out to win. We didn’t sign anything.” He insisted that “Madrid are still favourites, regardless of the Super Cup. Despite the draw in the derby, they came at a good time, they thrashed Liverpool”, he recalled.