Aside from the tribute to Gerard Piqué, Xavi Hernandez He was very happy with the match played by his team, to the point that he admitted that the result fell short due to everything shown and seen with Barça on the Camp Nou pitch. “It has been a night for history that has gone well for us, in a game in which I think the result has fallen short”, commented the Barça coach a few minutes after finishing the tribute that the Camp Nou paid to Gerard Piqué in his last game with the club.
The Barça coach admitted that it was great news for his team that if he didn’t score Robert Lewandowski -last night he missed a penalty, whose mistake possibly threw him off center- other players did it. “We depend on the center forward because he is a world star but if one night he doesn’t score goals it’s good that other players do. That’s why it’s great news. In other games we didn’t dominate the times and tonight we did. We understood the transitions very well and in one of them came the goal of Dembele. Every time you notice more that the team is maturing”, said Xavi very happy for the victory against Almería on a special night with the withdrawal of Pique.
Control and defend the ball
The person in charge of the Barça bench stressed that the team is in a great moment of play, aside from being eliminated from the Champions League, and in what refers to the domestic tournament they do not concede goals and achieve victories with a good command of the ball. “Our game model is to dominate and defend with the ball. We perform very well high pressure and, in addition, this pressure is excellent when we move on the field after losing the ball. We attack because we know we can score goals.”
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He did not forget to highlight the important role he plays Marc-André ter Stegen. Against Almería the performance of the German goalkeeper was remarkable and that is how the Barça coach wanted to comment. “He’s in a great moment in the game and he saved us from 0-1. That’s where the difference was made”. He justified it being Lewandowski and no Gerard Piqué whoever took the penalty, despite the Polish player’s mistake, “because it was an official match and not a friendly”.
Alba’s opinion
Jordi Albameanwhile, after paying homage to Pique With his words, he also highlighted the game of the Barça team. “We have only one game left before the World Cup and hopefully we continue with the bar so high to be able to continue paying tribute to Gerard with victories like the one achieved tonight,” stressed the Barça winger