Without a Cup final after the 0-4 defeat in the last classic and without European competitions since February, Barcelona must concentrate all their efforts on the League, the only title they have left. And it's true. It is irrefutable that until the beginning of June the Blaugrana will not play any other competition, they will not have to combine it with anything. But even so, Xavi is annoyed that it is said that his team "only" can win the League. He squeaks the adverb. In his opinion, in no case can the national championship be considered a title of little weight or a supplement. And it is what he reminded his players after the elimination of the Cup, since after falling in the Champions League in December, within the club the achievement of the League was cataloged as the main objective of the course and it is necessary to comply with that mandate.
"Winning the League is the wafer", emphasized the Egaren coach to encourage the Barcelona fans. Above all because after a period, between 2005 and 2019, in which the showcases were very full with 10 Leagues, now comes a few years of emergencies, in which the Blaugrana have not lifted the trophy in the last three years "It's just that we're talking about winning a League", repeats Xavi so that everyone understands the magnitude. "We have won five Champions Leagues and they demand it from us. But the League is the one that gives you stability and the one that tells you that you are doing things well because it is the fairest competition", he claimed.
Because of all this, the coach defends that a League can never be seen as little loot. "From the inside, the president, the board, the coaching staff and the players will value it very much because we were there last year and we know where we are coming from", he recalled. What's more, only five footballers in the current squad know what it means to win the Spanish League. Ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Jordi Alba, Busquets and Dembélé were part of the team that, under the orders of Valverde, was proclaimed champion in the 2018-19 season. Nobody else. In other words, for many it will be a special success and they are sure to be eager to inaugurate their league record.
And for those who want to lower the value of the tournament simply because of the wide advantage that Barcelona has accumulated as leader, Xavi is clear that it has been a credit to his team. "Getting 12 points from Madrid is a pass. For us this League will be extraordinary. The season is very, very good", he pointed out.
Twelve points that could be 15 this very night if Barcelona beat Girona at Camp Nou. "We can leave them at 15 points. We cannot fail. We are making an extraordinary League and we can take one more small step. Madrid's defeat motivates us even more to look for victory", harangued the coach, but he always focuses on the work of his players, nothing of a possible white surrender. "If Madrid gets off the hook it's thanks to us. The distance of 15 would be spectacular". But this cushion would not mean that the bells could be thrown in the flight either, because there would still be 16 points to get for the math to come out, they say from the booth.
For the match against Girona, Barcelona will not recover any of the injured. Not Dembélé, not Pedri, not De Jong. Against Madrid, the team missed the imbalance of the three. "We don't want to take any risks. The sensations are what will mark his return and they are not good. We will not take risks". Looking ahead to next season, winger Abde could be a solution after taking advantage of his transfer to Osasuna. However, Xavi asks his team for time to mature. "We will mature like potatoes, I already said it. We have new and young people. When we have played two years in a row with these people we will no longer be under construction". But to have time you need to win titles. This is also the value of this League.
