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IF THEY DO NOT LOSE IN GETAFE

Xavi's Barça, one step away from entering the club's history

Published:15/05/2022 - 09:47h

Updated:15/05/2022 - 09:47h

Xavi's Barça could enter the history of the culé institution if it manages to get out of Getafe alive. The azulgranas would manage to chain 15 consecutive games without losing away from home, placing themselves in the top 3 of the club

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The arrival of Xavi Hernández to the FC Barcelona returned the hope to inflate them culés. Before the arrive of the of Terrassa to the Barcelona institution, the group directed in that then by Ronald Koeman found 'being shipwrecked' in local and continental waters. After the exit of Lionel Messi, the club lived moments of uncertainty, where the bad game of the team reflected in the results and the speech of "is what there is", repeated in innumerable occasions by the Dutch, 'threw' the expectations of the barcelonistas to the floor.

The situation was unsustainable and finished with the exit of Koeman of the benches, leaving free a vacancy that was occupied by the egarense, that fulfilled the wish of all inflate them blaugranas that dreamed with seeing it to the side of the terrain of game of the Camp Nou from his withdrawal. The ex midfield player of the Barça took a team 'drowned' in doubts and, with a lot of work behind, attained to put it 'to float' to tip of discipline and good football.

Now, this square that seemed not having 'neither feet neither head' is about to to write his name in the history of the Catalan institution. And it is that the directed by Hernández do not lose a party out of house from does 14 days, and if they go out with life of the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez where expects them the Getafe, would chain 15 meetings invictos like visitors, situating in the third place of the historical podium of the club.

In front of them only they would be the Barça of Pep Guardiola, that in the season 2010-2011 achieved to mark in 16 crashes followed to domicile, and the Barça of Ernesto Valverde, that in the campaign 2017-2018 remained invicto out of house during 18 dates. Said mark is the record suspender belt in a same season, by in front of the Real Madrid 2011-2012 (17), the Real Sociedad 1979-1980 (16) and the same Barça 2010-2011 (16).

It feels comfortable in front of the pressure

The directed by Xavi Hernández have known to bear the pressure of the rival fields and have achieved 31 points of the 39 contested. Far of the Camp Nou, the ones of the of Terrassa have gone out victorious of 9 feudos local, attaining the last 6 triumphs of consecutive way (Valencia 1-4, Elche 1-2, Real Madrid 0-4, Raise 2-3, Real Sociedad 0-1 and Betis 1-2). The last time that fell to domicile was in front of the Ray Vallecano (0-1), in the defeat that carried to the dismissal of Koeman. Since, the culés follow of 'foot' home of his rivals, showing that the 'effect Xavi' is real.

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