Xavi Hernandez of Barcelona (Credit: Twitter)
The Blaugranas, regardless of having secured Champions League qualification as soon as once more by ending on the high of their desk, are nonetheless underneath duress as they’re positioned fourth in La Liga and are at the moment on a two-sport dropping streak.
There is little question that Barcelona boss Xavi has been the topic of fairly the critique this season, and the previous WC-profitable midfielder has had sufficient of the dismal response to the membership’s latest run of poor type.
The Blaugranas, regardless of having secured Champions League qualification as soon as once more by ending on the high of their desk, are nonetheless underneath duress as they’re positioned fourth in La Liga and are at the moment on a two-sport dropping streak.
A 4-2 thrashing to league leaders Girona adopted by a 3-2 shock defeat to Royal Antwerp within the UEFA Champions League this week has put the Catalan boss on the chopping block but once more as all eyes are Barcelona to recoup and attain newer heights quickly.
But, the warmth acquired to the Barcelona boss, who spoke to reporters, lamenting concerning the unfair lack of recognition that the membership garners for the progress it has made over the past yr, and likewise revealed that he had acquired messages akin to a funeral as a response to the Catalans’ latest type.
“It’s time to be composed, calm, and regain confidence. I believe in the project more than ever, and we are united. I spoke to with Deco yesterday, everything is ok. We’ve got the league [to play for], [and] it’s true that we have to improve and add more – the Super Cup and the Copa Del Rey. I don’t get it. It’s time to come together, to believe in the project. It’s the most complicated club in the world because of its entorno (environment).As if it were a funeral, as if my father or mother had died,” mentioned a spirited Xavi.
“None of you congratulated me in the last press conference for qualifying [for the last 16]. This is the unreality that I see. If the season ends excellently, then what? We’re going to be having a hard time or be depressed… But it’s all to play for. On the day of Atletico [Madrid] we were a 10 and now we are a zero.”
But, one good takeaway from this irritating interval for Xavi and the membership has been the unity of the gamers and their perception in themselves to get higher and out of this stoop as quickly as doable.
“In the dressing room everyone is training really well and they get really annoyed when things do not go well,” Xavi added.
“The players believe in what they are doing. I think they (media) are generating a tension that is not necessary. A month ago I was told I could be the Ferguson of Barcelona, now I might be sacked…stability is what the club needs.
“We are a winning project and we cannot go into a deep depression every time there is a slump… The alarms always go off here when things don’t go well, because everything is in play. Last season things went worse and we ended up having a good season. We have to be positive.”
