The players of the Barça leave  after empatar in front of the Benfica

XAVI'S SEAL BEGINS TO BE NOTICED

The match against Benfica also left reasons to be excited

Published:24/11/2021 - 10:51h

Updated:24/11/2021 - 13:59h

Despite the draw and what that means in relation to the second round of the Champions League, FC Barcelona played a good game in general against Benfica. Xavi's stamp was noticed in many moments and the culés drew several positive conclusions

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The FC Barcelona could not win to the Benfica this past Tuesday and complicated the life of face to his aim to arrive to eighth of final of Champions League. The culés go it to him to play against the Bayern of Munich in Germany and probably go to have to take out the three points of there to happen to the following round. It will be a very complicated mission, but possible seeing the mejoría of the team in this last meeting.

In spite of the result, the feelings that left the Barça were more than positive in general lines. The stamp of Xavi Hernández could see from the first minute of game and the barcelonistas had stretches in which they dominated the duel to his antojo, had occasions and almost did not suffer backwards. The own trainer egarense, in fact, showed satisfied by the performance of his against the Portuguese group when it spoke in press conference.

"We have been very upper to the Benfica. If we had put a goal had known us to partidazo. I think that we have played very well. It is the Barça that we want to, the idea go it taking. Although we have to be more effective, have done a big party", aimed the one of Terrassa. In alone two meetings and a pair of weeks of trainings, the ex of the To the-Sadd already has changed things and his team left details of what can become with time and work.

The first big news of the Barça in the duel of this past Tuesday was the intensity with which went out all the players. Of the first to the last, all went out to the committed field and with win to do the things well. The pressure in the first half hour was fantastic and the Benfica almost could not touch the ball. All the footballers were as 'pirañas' and left backwards definitively the indolencia with which sometimes went out to the field with Ronald Koeman.

Besides, from the minute one saw that the team went out with the very clear ideas knowing what it was necessary to do so much with ball as without her. The pressure, as it has mentioned , was good until the petrol held, and with the balloon there was a lot of movement by part of all. Changes of positions, desmarques of split, walls... Before the bajón, that arrived happened the half hour, the Barcelona made all what wants his trainer. In the second part, with the entrance of Ousmane Dembélé, the good feelings recovered , although it was a less dominant football definitely.

There are reasons for ilusionarse

All the players that spoke after the party, in fact, left clear that with Xavi yes know to what play and that this is something important to what all hold . Still there is a lot that improve in every aspect, especially in defence, where the Barça left a lot of spaces. However, there is a good architect to the controls and there are footballers with a lot of talent, future and win to eat the world. By all this, there are reasons for ilusionarse although the culés have complicated his pass to eighth.

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