Xavi: “This Champions League is being cruel to Barcelona”

Xavi has acknowledged that Barcelona have made too many mistakes, and not just against Inter at the Camp Nou . The coach has recognized that the Champions League is already very difficult and complicated and now he is focused on turning the page as soon as possible to face the Clásico with guarantees.

Assessment

“Negative. This Champions League is being cruel to us. We have conceded a lot in the second half. The first has been excellent. The first goal is a very clear error from the defensive line, the second too… it has been cruel since Munich, passing for Milan and even today too. But it’s about winning, not conceding and defending well, not just attacking. We don’t depend on ourselves. The situation is very difficult. We have to continue and think about the Clásico, recover well. to think about LaLiga, because the Champions League has become difficult and complicated”.

He is being cruel from Munich, through Milan and even today too

Xavi

Mistakes

“Football is a game of errors and we must always minimize them. We have not defended well. The intensity has been excellent in the first half, but we have not maintained it. Errors are expensive in the Champions League. Errors in defense have cost us the match”.

Classic

“We will change the chip from. Three games in a row are coming in LaLiga and the Champions League is very complicated”

Locker room

“We have given everything, we have left our soul but they are mistakes that are paid dearly. You cannot forgive so much. In Munich it was effectiveness, in Milan other circumstances and today defensive errors”.

If you don’t beat Inter at home you don’t deserve, even if we have remote chances, to continue in the competition

Xavi

Second part

“The first half was excellent, we attacked from the outside, from the inside, we prepared the game. We didn’t attack through the middle there. The game was under control. The second half was made up of punctual errors. The failure of the first goal made us come down Mentally, the second goal can’t happen in the elite. It’s expensive. We took faith, but it wasn’t possible. We tried, but it wasn’t possible. If you don’t beat Inter at home, you don’t deserve, even if we have remote chances , continue in the competition. We have little hope, but it is difficult”.

Stand up

“It’s a very hard blow, it was cruel. Now we have to think about Madrid, about the Clásico. We’ll recover tomorrow for Sunday to try to beat Real Madrid, the Bernabéu. There are other competitions left, we put aside the Champions League and focus on LaLiga, which We want to remain leaders. In the Champions League we haven’t given the best version due to our mistakes”.

I take full responsibility when the footballer fails

Xavi

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Xavi

“The approach has been good. If the defense fails, I fail. If Piqué, Busquets, Pedri or Dembélé fail, I fail as a coach. I take full responsibility when the player fails. They have not come out with the level of activation that we should have in the part two. We take responsibility.”

Last year the team did not give us, but this course have been our mistakes and it hurts more

Xavi

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Barca reality

“As a culé I am also disappointed, sadly upset and a little angry. Last year it didn’t give us, but not this year, they were our mistakes. You let it escape. You have it in your hand, you don’t take it. You have to be self-critical, but there is an improvement from last year to this one. Last year the team didn’t give us, but that year they were our mistakes and it hurts more. It’s a blow, cruel for us, but there are moments that I’m satisfied, like the first part”.

Difference Laliga-Champions

“It’s these mistakes. With what it cost to go 1-0 and open the can… mistakes are expensive. In LaLiga maybe not so much, but in the Champions League they don’t forgive.”

Take a step forward in Europe

“Minimize errors both for effectiveness, in Bayern’s field, in Milan we better not talk and today punctual defensive line”.

Inter

“It’s a very strong team physically, I work very well tactically. The duels have cost us a lot, especially on a defensive level”.

Dembele

“When we reach the three-quarter line, you have to decide better, this is what football maturity gives you. But I have a lot of confidence in Dembélé because he is differential although sometimes he chooses poorly”.

Reality

“When you have the game in your hands, we had it in Munich, in Milan and here… these are our mistakes.”

Impact

“We hope that it does not affect us psychologically. They have given everything. They have run until 95. But the mistakes have taken their toll on us.”

Apologize because they are our mistakes, a pity not being at the level of the fan

Hobby

“Apologize because they are our mistakes, it’s a shame not to be at the level of the fans. We will continue working to reverse the situation.”