Xavi Hernandez made it clear on the eve of the Clásico that Barcelona work to be dominant, even if sometimes you can’t. “They will try to dominate, they have done it in the Cup game, but we did not plan the game to be dominated, as it happened to us at the Bernabéu. We want to get the ball, dominate and do it with the ball”. And, even that “I’d rather win 4-0 or 5-4”, he claims the value of the points won by the lowest: “What’s the problem with 1-0? Barcelona won the first European Cup, with a goal from Koeman1-0 and nothing happened”.
Regarding winning the Clásicos, the Super Cup and the Cup, he pointed out that “I prefer that we fight very good On Super Cup day we compete with the ball and on Cup day, without the ball. If we do both things well, so much the better. We will try to compete and have control of the ball, without the ball I struggle a lot”.
Wait”a Madrid maybe more offensive. It will be good for them, for us maybe not so much.” And he clarified that “we will not change our style: we are proactive, we never close, we always push high, another is that they come out of that pressure and dominated our field. “
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He insists that he shares no criticism or scorn for the 1-0 game win: “positions to choose fromI prefer 4-0. Or 5-4, but what’s the problem with 1-0? It’s an amazing result”. He insisted that “we are usually very good, but people were left behind in one game, the semifinal.”
Source: La Verdad
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