"TO DEATH WITH XAVI"
Untouchable: Barça reaffirms its confidence in Xavi Hernández
In the run-up to the Spanish Super Cup final, FC Barcelona makes it clear that their confidence in their coach, Xavi Hernández, is absolute and their continuity does not depend on Sunday's result
The FC Barcelona plays the first title of the season this Sunday, in the final of the Supercopa of Spain in which it will confront to the Real Madrid (20:00 hours). Xavi Hernández has the opportunity to première his list of winners of trophies like Barcelona trainer in a historical final and in a new Classical out of house.
The Catalans arrive with feelings agridulces to the party of this Sunday, after several performances that have left doubts regarding the performance of the team. Xavi has been victim of a few criticisms because the team has not finished of 'start' after the stop of selects, although it is leader of LaLiga, but from the club understand that it is part of the process.
In this sense, from the Barça have gone back to reaffirm the confidence in Xavi, independently of what happen the Sunday against the Real Madrid. Like this it has confirmed it the sportive vice-president of the club, Rafa Yuste, from the hotel of concentration of the team in Riad, where is contesting the 'final four' of the Supercopa of Spain.
The Barcelona director has commented that the egarense "will follow whatever happens" and that "Xavi has all the confidence, forms part of a project in which the president, I same and the board wants it. We go to go to death with him". Like this then , it closes any debate on some doubt that can have the club with the excentrocampista Catalan.
On the same line, Yuste took advantage of to remember what in his day happened with Pep Guardiola and asked more confidence in the project of Xavi in the Barça: "When it lost in Numancia and empató home against the Racing, already there were people that thought that his head ran danger. And we finish with a triplete and the 2-6. With this want to say that Xavi needs confidence of all and of the fans".
A Classical for the history
The Barça has the opportunity to win his first title from 2021, when under the orders of Ronald Koeman raised the Glass of Rey. Since, the club has lived an important stage of transition in which they have existed a lot of altibajos and, with Xavi, expect that the Barça go back to recover the course to the highest. It is thus that the party of the Sunday, against the Real Madrid, is a key appointment.
The culés play his first joy of the year in front of the eternal rival and is not little thing. Both teams arrive after offering his more irregular versions and with a lot for improving if they want to top like the supercampeones of Spain and start the 2023 to rhythm of trophies.
