Without the Cup and without Europe, Barcelona has to focus on the League. Xavi Hernández does not understand that it is said that Barça can already "only" win the league title because the coach believes that a lot of value must be given to that tournament. "Winning the League is the host," he said about the incentive that the blaugrana have in the final stretch of the season.
“It is that we are talking about winning a League. Winning the League is the host. We have won five Champions Leagues in all of history and they demand it of us. But the League gives you stability, tells you where you are. Getting 12 points against a very strong Madrid is amazing. For us this League will be extraordinary”, highlighted the Egarense coach.
Twelve points that could be 15 if the Barcelona fans beat Girona this Monday at the Camp Nou. “We can leave them at 15 points. We can not fail. We are having an extraordinary League, we want to be champions and we can take one more step. Madrid's defeat motivates us even more to seek victory, ”he harangued. “If Madrid disengages, it is thanks to us. The distance of 15 would be spectacular”.
The Barcelona coach does not agree with that part of the environment that thinks that the League is little loot for this season. “We value where we come from and where we are and we will value the League a lot if we win it. For competing with a gentleman team like Madrid, which is the European champion. From within, the president, the board, the staff and the players will value it very much because we were already there last year”, he recalled that the League has not been lifted for three years.
Of course, Xavi is aware that his team is still not enough to compete in the big games. In his opinion, he needs two things: time and maturity. “We are under construction because we have new, young people... When we have been playing with these people for two years in a row, we will no longer be under construction. We need time,” he conceded. “We are going to mature with slaps. I already said it, sport is like that. We need to be more forceful and take advantage of our moments in the game. Madrid, United, Inter did it. We do not. But, for me, the season is very good, very good, ”he insisted.
About the 0-4 that the whites endorsed him in the Copa del Rey, Xavi is clear. “We have analyzed the why of things. They are our mistakes. In the first part we had to win. Madrid is the team that if you forgive them the most damage, ”he reflected.
In that match, the Blaugrana missed the imbalance and the one-on-one provided by footballers like Dembélé, Pedri and De Jong, all injured. Why are they taking so long to come back? “The feelings are not good. We don't want to take any risk. The sensations are what will mark his return”, settled Xavi, who did not recover any against Girona, nor Christensen.
