A downcast Xavi kicks the ball during Barça-Inter (3-3)

THE TECHNICIAN ASKED FORGIVENESS TO THE FANS

Xavi attributes the 3-3 to mistakes and is devastated: "The Champions League is cruel"

Published:13/10/2022 - 00:06h

Updated:13/10/2022 - 01:12h

Xavi Hernández admitted after the draw against Inter Milan (3-3) that the team "paid dearly" for its mistakes in the second half. Knowing how complex the Blaugrana moment is, the Egarense coach hopes to be able to turn the page in the Clásico

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The tie of the FC Barcelona in front of the Inter of Milan in the Spotify Camp Nou (3-3) left to the edge of the elimination to the group culé of the UEFA Champions League. By second consecutive season, the ones of Xavi Hernández can finish contesting the Europe League, in spite of the illusion that generated the team with an excellent start in LaLiga and the reinforcements arrived in summer thanks to the 'crowbars' financial.

Desolado After the hard result in front of the group 'nerazzurri', Xavi Hernández recognised the costly of the errors that the team committed in defence in the second part, but also admitted the "cruel "" that has been the tournament with the bad fortune for the culés, which began from the same draw of the phase of groups, remaining situated in the 'group of the death' beside a Bayern Munich that already ensured his classification the Wednesday.

"Negative assessment. This Champions is being cruel with us. In the second have committed a lot of errors. This Champions is being cruel from Munich, going through Milan, and today. We had to continue the party of the first part. We do not depend on we, is very difficult the situation. It is necessary to row and change the chip because the Champions has put very complicated", expressed the technician egarense after the party.

Too many errors in the complement

"They are errors. The football is a game of errors. In the first part concede little. We were us satisfied, but have paid expensive the errors in defence. Very grave, that have cost us the party and the tie", commented Xavi cabizbajo. The míster of Terrassa did not find solutions in the bench during the complement and, of not being by the opportunism of Robert Lewandowski and the saved of Marc-André ter Stegen, the defeat and the elimination had been unappealable.

"The approach has been well. If it fails the defence, fail I. If it fails I Hammered, Busquets, Pedri or Dembélé failure I like trainer. I assume all the responsibility when it fails the footballer. They have not gone out with the level of activation that owed in the second part. We assume the responsibility", sentenced the míster, the one who besides appreciated to the fans culé by the "recibimiento spectacular" in the previous.

However, the egarense took out breast by the effort of the team in the first stretch. "The first-half was excellent, hardly conceded an occasion of Dzeko, but had to keep the rhythm and did not do it", expressed Xavi. And now what? "We go to change the chip from morning and think in the League. It is a penalty", admitted the trainer, the one who also asked pardon to the fans by the enormous disappointment.

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