Xavi is more self-critical and silences the controversy over discards

Without at all at stake more than the honour and the prestige, the FC Barcelona left both things in his visit to the Royal Amberes (3-2). The ones of Xavi Hernández completed another very toneless performance where the fault of ideas and the defensive errors gave to the humble Belgian group the possibility to make history with his first victory in the tournament. After the party, the míster was much more last that after the defeat in front of the Girona.

When reviewing the performance of his directed, the egarense admitted that "the feelings are not good; it is truth that at the end have had the misfortune, because you do the tie, have the 2-1 and have generated less than the normal yet still could have taken out the tie". In this sense, sentenced: "At all, we have not been well, we are in a bad series and it is necessary to take out this advance and thinking in the Saturday that is the important".

Xavi descartó any controversy on the rotations

On the other hand, the Barcelona trainer left clear that, so much the announcement like the alignment in front of the Amberes, was consensuado with the staff. "The feelings are of out, we do not have any bad feeling. We decide it we, the club, is not that the trainer remain in bad situation and the president or Deco in good. Afterwards you can take out the conclusions or the criticism but from inside do not have any problem. Today we have been two hours speaking with the president and Deco, of everything, do not have problems", insisted Xavi.

In this sense, the míster avoided to signal to any of his footballers after the toneless party in Belgium. "It does not like me to public level say at all individual bad of the players because it is not positive is internal, but have to encourage because have more level of the that are showing lately. The feelings today are not good and is a question of confidence, are giving them confidence, have done rotations, but is a question to be more or less inspired and the pressure to play in the Barça notices and the T-shirt weighs".

The weaknesses of the Barça in defence and attack

Regarding the problems of the team, Xavi admitted that to the team costs him a lot generate. "It is necessary to be critical and treat to improve, does not remain another, still like this the aim was fulfilled, were in eighth. Now already we know what is to be first of group, that was important and, said this, to improve, to be critical and especially know that we are not in a good series, but that this follows", argued the one of Terrassa.

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On the defensive problems, the trainer culé neither put excuses. "The team no this feeling comfortable, carry a bad series with two negative results and have to improve, is clear. It is necessary to be critical with us same, especially improve, are generating us a lot of things in attack the contrary team", puntualizó the Barcelona technician.