The FC Barcelona fell in the morning this Thursday in front of the Arsenal in Los Angeles, in his first friendly of this turns of pre-season in United States. The meeting finished with an appeal 5-3 for the fans that lived the meeting in direct, although when finalising there was a small discussion between both trainers, Xavi Hernández and Mikel Arteta.
Already in press conference remained revealed the problem between both when the technician of the Barça stood out that "his intensity (the one of the Arsenal) has surprised me a lot. It has not been the normal for a party of preparation. There have been a lot of tactical faults... It seemed more a party of Champions that a friendly. It has been a good party for the show, but uncomfortable for the trainers", aimed.
Arteta Prefers to give the profit of the doubt to his players
In front of this, and other points that stood out Xavi, Arteta did not doubt in answering and thought that there are things that escape to the will of the trainers of the teams and that depend only of the footballers. "I think that at the end the football belongs to the players. The other day in our friendly against the Manchester United also there were moments because at the end the players are very competitive. Today we were playing in front of 70.000 people and at the end the player rebels, wants to compete, wants to win", argued the Basque.
"I think that it is not in our hands. We can have an idea of what wanted that it happened in the party and control some things, but in the moment in which the balloon begins to film, that there has been the first fault and that have done they the first goal, has seen a change", added the also exfutbolista. Of this way the míster of the londinenses tried to leave clear that all has to to the rhythm to the that are accustomed his players in the Premier League.
It advances the calendar of the Barça in United States
Already with this first duel surpassed for the Barça, now the ones of Xavi already begin to think in The Classical in front of the Real Madrid this Saturday (23:00 hours). Although it will keep on being a party of preparation for the always demanding season, remains clear that between culés and merengues never there is friendly meeting and the two teams will try to carry the victory and play the best possible.