Xavi Hernandez appreciate the victory in Las Palmas (1-2) that allows Barça to finish the first round of the League in third position with 41 points, seven of the 48 of Real Madrid and Girona and three ahead of the 38 of Atlético and Athletic . “The team played a game to win and a fair winner against a team that no one has returned to in this League,” he summed up, not understanding the controversy over the penalty against Gundogan that the German himself converted the winning goal in added time: “It was a push and it was a clear penalty.”
The Egarense coach explained the reason for the difference between the first, which ended in a score against, and the second half: “We did analytical exercises all week to attack the spaces against a defense as advanced as Las Palmas , but we rushed the first half and made too many horizontal passes, except for one very good one From Jong to Sergi Roberto. The conversation at half-time was short, I asked them to calm down because it means that we have patience to find the exact moment and that the pass was diagonal. And that’s what we improved. I told them at half-time that we would win 1-3. This is a quality issue in the final pass. “We missed that talent.”
“It’s hard for everyone to win, games are decided by details. Girona won at the last second, Madrid He won in the 80th minute with a corner and we won a penalty in the 90th minute. We have arguments, yes, to win the League. Respect to the current champion,” he proclaimed, regretting the pessimistic tone of some questions: “It is absurd to ask if the League was more hard if we didn’t win. Of course it would be like that. But we won. “Then the question is absurd and you don’t ask other coaches.”
Regarding the changes in the lineup or during the game, he made it clear that “everyone is working from the first day and everyone can play. The attitude is good, in the first half we lacked the game. Or more of the game , the last pass “I leave satisfied.”
About the debut of Vitor Roque He pointed out that “it will give us a lot, it will be very good in depth, certainly the change of Lewandowski This is because we need players who can go at speed, like Vitor, Lamine, Fermin, Joao Félix... I think we made the right changes, we saw a Barça that wanted to win. Another goal Ferran? It’s a guarantee, like any other.”
Finally, he announced that the damage of João Cancelo “It doesn’t look serious, it’s a knee, but we’ll wait for the tests.”
Source: La Verdad
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