THE MISTER VALUED THE TEAM'S EFFORT
Xavi, satisfied with the victory in Porto: "We won three golden points"
Published:5/10/2023 - 01:25h
Updated:5/10/2023 - 01:25h
Xavi Hernández expressed his satisfaction after FC Barcelona's hard-fought victory in Porto (0-1). For the coach, it is clear that the team made some mistakes, but he appreciated the effort of his team to win in "a historic field"
The FC Barcelona added a victory importantísima the Wednesday in Port wine (0-1) to step firm to the eighth of final of the UEFA Champions League. The culés broke a bad series of almost two years without victories like visitor in Europe in a party complicated from beginning to end that it could resolve Ferran Torres with a so much in the discount of the first part.
In this regard, Xavi Hernández valued the effort of his directed in a marked day by the injury of Robert Lewandowski and the odd indisposition of Lamine Yamal in the complement. "This is the Champions and slope a lot, the team has left the soul and the skin to attain these three points", said the egarense in the press conference post party. With the victory, the Barça follows leader of the Group H with puntaje perfect.
The Barça "moved away to his ghosts" in the Do Dragao
On the bad series of the Barça out of house in Europe, the míster also showed satisfied for being able to win in a very complicated stadium. "If we speak of negative things there are many, but also there is positive. We spoke of ghosts, no?, but we remove them to us a bit of on when winning in a historical field. It is to stand out this, and no the another".
In this sense, the egarense did a positive balance of the 90 minutes in the Do Dragao. "They have occurred a lot of things, difficulties in the party, the injury of Robert, the indisposition of Lamine... Circumstances very adverse. The first part think that has been good, Himself there were unnecessary losses, mark the goal. We spoke that it was important to play in contrary field and think that abuse to play with Marc. It has been missing us patience, but this is the Champions", emphasized the trainer culé.
Xavi cleared as they are Lewadowski and Lamine
On the two players that forced his changes, Xavi left clear the state of both. "Robert has a hit, will see if it recovers for the Sunday. "Lamine Felt indispuesto. It did while that said it and take advantage of that there was a stop to see if if it recovered fast, but have said us that it did not recover in the changing room and here have suffered".
Finally, the míster emphasized the collective work to remain with the victory. "The team has suffered and has done a vital effort to win three vital points. It is necessary to improve a lot of things, but am satisfied with this, because we have won three points of gold", puntualizó the egarense. In the next day of Champions, the Barça receives to the Shkahtar in Montjuïc.
