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Xavi Hernández during Shakhtar-Barça

FOR XAVI, THE CRISIS IS MENTAL

Xavi admits Barça's bad play and asks for self-love and character from the squad

Published:7/11/2023 - 23:12h

Updated:7/11/2023 - 23:12h

Xavi Hernández was self-critical after FC Barcelona's tough defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk (1-0). The Egarense admitted his team's poor play and showed his concern about a slump that could be very expensive at this point in the season

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The FC Barcelona completed his second performance for the forget of consecutive form the Tuesday in Hamburg. To the equal that the Saturday in Anoeta, the ones of Xavi Hernández had a lot of problems to arrive to the rival area and, in this opportunity, could not avoid a very hard defeat in front of the Shakhtar Donetsk (1-0) that goes back to portray the capacity of the culés to surrender to tope in Europe.

After the party, the technician egarense did not doubt in throwing of self-criticism by which considers one of the worst parties, tácticamente, of the team from his arrival two years ago. "We are in a moment low of confidence and it is necessary to do a reset. We do not feel us comfortable in the game. It is a bad feeling that have inside the changing room and also I like trainer", argued the one of Terrassa.

Xavi descarta the excuses and admits the bad game culé

Unlike other opportunities where the Barcelona trainer signalled the incidence of the bad state of the field, the climatic conditions or the fault of intensity like managers of a toneless performance of the Barça, the Tuesday there were not excuses. "It would not say intensity but bad game. We have not understood what required the party. There has been attitude and intensity in the second time, but have not attained it. The reaction has been good but insufficient".

In this sense, added: "we Are in a moment low regarding game and of losses of balloon and how attack. It can happen. There is not at all stray. We have done one of the worst parties tácticamente in these two years. It was a moment inopportune. We have to be autocríticos". For the Barça was the second defeat of the season and the first in Champions. In spite of this, the culés follow leaders in his group, now equalised with the Port wine.

For Xavi, the crisis of the Barça goes through a mental subject

On the other hand, Xavi descartó the physical wear like manager of the acute bajón of performance of the team in the last weeks, mainly after the stop of selections of October. "We have to take out the pride, the character and the self-esteem. Recently we played very well to football and this happens during the season. We have to reencontrarnos. It is more a mental subject, more than of physicist or game", puntualizó the one of Terrassa.

In this regard, it ensured that "we are doing the things badly in general, so much in attack as in defence. We are conceding too much. The surveillance after losses is not the correct. It is happening bill as in front of the Madrid and today again. It is necessary to generate more things. It is a mine work like trainer and of the players to step forward".