Xavi acknowledges Barça's inferiority: "They have been better than us"

The FC Barcelona will not defend his title of the Glass of Rey and is, in question, the enésimo blow for a team to the that every time remain him fewer titles for contesting in this season. In fact, in these moments only remains to litigate by a traced back historical in LaLiga and play the Europe League with the intention to win it. There is not more for the culés.

The Barça saw surpassed in a lot of phases of the meeting and went more than notorious. Xavi Hernández has recognised it after the the party: "I Think that the Athletic has done a big party. It has cost us progress in the game. They defended very well, with an enormous intensity. They have been upper in the duels. I have seen them very strong. It has cost us", it commented, adding that "the goal of Pedri gave us wings for the extention. Afterwards it arrived the fateful penalti", regretted.

"We have to believe in LaLiga and the Europe League. I do not know another road that was the work"

Xavi continued saying that at all times "we have tried it, but do not go out us the things. It does not remain us another that follow believing in this project. We have to believe in LaLiga and the Europe League. I do not know another road that was the work". However, the egarense has been very clear regarding that the Barça is very far to be in his best level and that in Saint Mamés have seen very surpassed.

The intensity, 'enemy' of the Barça

"Doing a summary, think that the intensity of the Athletic has surpassed us. In duels, in second balloons. They live each balloon as if it was the last and we had warned", explained Xavi in room of press. "Saint Mamés demands you the maximum in these questions. They have won us by intensity. If you do not equalise them in this, in duels, in strategy...".

The egarense stood out that to the Athletic "have seen them excellent, physically and orderly. Very very worked. With the goal of Pedri seemed that it was our moment, but... It seems that when the thing is to face or cross, touches us always cross. It is necessary to change the dynamics", explained, to detail besides what has been missing him to his team in The Cathedral: patience.

Xavi has signalled that when the Barcelona team was in contrary field "have generated things" although no the sufficient. "We have to follow working to be better, as in the goal of Ferran Torres". Finally, the one of Terrassa left clear that the elimination in Glass of the King is not a failure: "it does not like me the word failure, but if there is it, that was to learn. The positive point is that we have struggled to the end".