Xavi with Barcelona president Joan Laporta (Credit: Twitter)
In a latest interview, membership president Laporta additionally reassured Barcelona followers that Xavi is right here to remain, and that the Catalans are totally dedicated to seeing by way of the tough patch Barcelona appear to be dealing with at the moment.
It looks as if Catalonia will home one in all their all-time greats for a short time longer, as in a latest interview Barcelona president Joan Laporta reaffirmed the religion the membership has of their present supervisor and membership legend Xavi Hernandez, regardless of the membership’s dip in kind not too long ago.
“I feel protected by the club. I talk to the president often and to Deco. They know how we work and I feel that I have all their confidence”, stated Xavi.
In a latest interview, Laporta additionally reassured Barcelona followers that Xavi is right here to remain, and that the Catalans are totally dedicated to seeing by way of the tough patch Barcelona appear to be dealing with at the moment.
“We are with Xavi. 100 percent guaranteed, out support will be total. He’s our manager and we are proud to have him as our coach,” stated Laporta.
Xavi: “I feel protected by the club. I talk to the president often and to Deco. They know how we work and I feel that I have all their confidence”.“I firmly believe that we will play well again and get the results. If I didn’t believe in it I wouldn’t be here”. pic.twitter.com/QVOzCBf83P
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) November 27, 2023
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Barcelona have been having a lacklustre season until now, to say the least. The defending La Liga champions have been discovering it tough to recapture the chemistry that received them the title final yr and at the moment lie in 4th place within the league, 4 factors behind shock desk-toppers Girona.
They have managed to win simply two matches out of their final 5 outing throughout all competitions with losses coming towards arch-rivals Real Madrid within the league and towards Shakhtar Donetsk in Europe.
Their newest misfire got here of their final fixture towards Rayo Vallecano, the place the Catalan giants may solely muster up a 1-1- draw. Xavi was sad with the end result and questioned the mentality of his gamers as he felt that the workforce is missing a killer intuition.
At a publish-match convention, Xavi stated; “I think it was a game of two halves. In the first, we dominated but didn’t really go for the game, we were not aggressive. We lacked that mentality to go for it. If we want to win trophies this season, we have to change our mentality.”
Barcelona’s Champions League marketing campaign, though off to a superb begin, lies in a fragile stability with two matchdays to go. They are at the moment first of their group, but tied on factors with Porto, who they are going to be dealing with this week.
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With third locations Shakhtar Donetsk simply three factors off the highest spot, Barcelona are in dire want of two wins to be able to safe their spherical-of-16 qualification and to progress additional into the match.
One side to applaud about Barca’s season to date has been the resurgence of younger expertise who’ve stepped up and making massive strides for the aspect. With established children similar to Gavi, the likes of Lamine Yamal and Fermin Lopez have showcased moments and glimpses of genius for the membership.
“I firmly believe that we will play well again and get the results. If I didn’t believe in it I wouldn’t be here”, stated Xavi.
