THE COACH RELEASED HIS IMPRESSIONS
Pride and love for Barça: This was Xavi's thunderous speech in the dressing room
Published:27/02/2023 - 13:34h
Updated:27/02/2023 - 13:34h
With the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinal against Real Madrid in the picture, Xavi wanted to wake up his team for the second half against Almeria, but did not end up having the effect that the coach wanted
Xavi Hernández did not want grey when it finished the party in Almería and quickly ensured that it was "the worst party of the season". The míster of the FC Barcelona did not hide his disappointment with the performance that had the team this Sunday, and that moved him away of the possibility to move away to 10 points of the Real Madrid, and leave almost sentenced LaLiga to fault of 15 days.
In the first time the team culé played some of the worst minutes of the recent history of the club, being surpassed tácticamente by the local team, and without being able to generate occasions of danger in spite of having almost 70% of the possession of the balloon. To this 'exhibition' followed him a gone to the changing rooms that began and finish with a full speech of passion and frustration by part of the egarense.
The trainer of the Barça attacked the fault of intensity of his players and the few resources to the hour to win the individual duels, all this of public way. But, in addition to all this the one of Terrasa wanted to take advantage of the privacy of the changing room to confirm his anger and ensure that "if you do not have soul, can not play in the Barça", has revealed 'ACE'.
It wanted to more personality
The information explains that like this, Xavi soltó several conclusive sentences to a staff that has seen of all had hit rock bottom in the first 45 minutes. "No longer I ask you that you play better or worse, but have pride", recalcó with insistence the trainer, "can not follow neither a minute more like this, that are the Barcelona and are us toreando", recriminó to his players.
After that speech the team yes showed something of reaction, but was insufficient to avoid the second defeat of the season in League. The culés finished going back to his 4-3-3 characteristic with the entry of Raphinha, but happened almost half hour of party hanging centres to a solitary Lewandowski, that many times only was accompanied of Ronald Araújo in this zone of the field.
