Xavi Hernandez left Diego Armando Maradona disappointed after the result, but footballingly he felt satisfied with the performance. Xavi did not celebrate the draw in Naples. Before the Champions League round, he admitted that depending on how the game went, a draw could be a good result. Returning home gave hope for the future. However, after Napoli’s last-minute shock and blow goal, that changed. “Looking at the game, it’s not a good result. We’ve taken a step forward, but the scoreboard doesn’t do us justice. But I’m very happy with what we’ve shown in Europe. Playing like this, we have a good chance of going through the rounds,” said the coach blaugrana
The first 30 minutes, key for Barça
Barça’s first 30 minutes gave the Blaugrana confidence. “We were very good in terms of how we planned the game. We competed very well, both with and without the ball. If we play like this, we will win more games than we will lose. We had the game under control,” said Xavi . The decisive moment was Lewandowski’s goal around the 60th minute.
His announcement, decisive for Xavi
“I think we lacked composure; with the 0-1 we knew how to manage the game. Calm the pace, play in the opponent’s field. We dominated 75 minutes but practically in the first shot on goal they scored. We didn’t know how to find the moment to relax the game. It’s not a bad result, we had a lot of chances but we were good in our game,” added the resigned coach despite the good role of the game.
“I was sad about the result, because we could have won,” Araujo said just after the game. “The first half hour was very good. Now it’s our turn at home, with our crowd. We were doing a good job defensively, but Osimhen took their chance. We are hurt by the goal, but we have shown that we are a great team. We needed to have a little more possession at times. We leave with a bad taste in our mouths,” reinforced the Barça captain.
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“We have to make a leap in quality as a team,” said Lewandowski in fairly correct Spanish. “It is important for me, with my experience, to help the young people. We always expect a very good level from Pedri and I am convinced that in the next game he will be able to play better”, commented the striker, who admitted that he is in a good moment of form “We have a lot of potential in the team and we have to work for the future and for the next games.”
“Lewandowski and Pedri have taken a step forward since my decision. The group has become stronger”, said Xavi again after the draw against Napoli who looks towards Montjuïc with the illusion that the magic mountain stadium becomes a stronghold for the culers. “We will try to get to the quarter-finals”, agreed Xavi and Araujo after the match, while asking for confidence for the returner after the image shown in Diego Armando Maradona.
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