“Three weeks ago we were flying, now we’re not.” Xavi Hernandez, the Barça coach, did not understand the double face of his team. “We started well, but we ended badly, very badly. We have suffered & rdquor ;, he added, indicating that he is leaving upset because “I am not at all a resultist”, while “playing like in the second half we cannot beat Inter. But we do do it like in the first, yes”.
Xavi was disconcerted by everything that had happened at the Camp Nou. “You have to be self-critical, you have to be self-critical,” said the Barça coach, proud of the decisive behavior exhibited by Ter Stegen. “Two weeks ago you told me that there was Lewandowski dependency and now you tell me that we have Ter Stegen dependency. And then you will say that it will be Pedri dependency. It is a team issue. And until excellence arrives we have to continue competing, we have suffered a lot, but they are three golden points and allow us to continue as leaders”.
Without finding Lewandowski
For Xavi the key is that “in the first half there was rhythm and intensity”, something that did not happen in the second half. “There were two movies in this game, you have to play these games without playing well in the second half & rdquor ;, the coach acknowledged.
Barça adds 22 points out of a possible 24, scoring 20 goals and only conceding one, that of Isak on the second day. Since then, the German goalkeeper has chained six league games in a row (624 minutes) without conceding a single goal.
“You have to look for Lewandowski more and generate more play with him because he makes a difference”
Xavi, Barça coach
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“There is no excuse, there is none. Not the referees. Not at all. But we are not in the best moment like two or three weeks ago and I am not hiding, the first part is perfect. It is the way. The second, no.”
But the problem is that Barça has also lost a goal: they have scored two goals (Lewandowski’s in Mallorca and Pedri’s against Celta) in the last 270 minutes. And he can’t find the Pole. “You have to look for him more and generate more play with him because he makes a difference,” Xavi claimed.