Deco defends Barça's style to end the controversy

Published:17/02/2024 - 22:12h

Updated:18/02/2024 - 02:14h

In the preview of Celta de Vigo-FC Barcelona in Balaídos, Deco took the opportunity to settle the controversy over his alleged differences with the culé style. In a talk with 'DAZN', the Barça sports director made it clear that the Barça model is the ideal

Deco Went out to the step to the controversy desatada the past Sunday on his criticisms to the model of the FC Barcelona and the philosophy of the good game. In principle, it filtered a testimony of the sportive director culé that spoke of a "model exhausted", statements that were denied hours afterwards, but that have given a lot of cloth to the sportive press during the week.

"When the things do not go well speaks a lot and say things that are not truth. The model of the Barça is the one to play well to the football, the one to have players of quality and level, that is the model that to me loves me", explained the ex mediocentro of the Barça to 'DAZN' in the previous of the duel in front of the Celtic. With this, the Barcelona director resolves the controversy on his presumptive differences with Joan Laporta on the model to be followed for the next season.

Deco, optimistic on the present of the Barça

"I grew seeing the Barça of the years 90 and from boy dreamed with playing this club. There is not discussion. They are foolishnesses that say , but already am accustomed", added the sportive director culé. The past Sunday, the magazine 'Luz' of the newspaper 'Nascer do Sol' lit the controversy to the descontextualizar some statements of Deco in which, further to criticise the model culé, the ex international luso left in clear the need to find an ideal replacement for Xavi.

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"The model of the Barça is the one to play well to the football, that is the model that to me loves me. There is not discussion"#LALIGAenDAZN ⚽ pic.twitter.com/9qpmuykfln
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On the other hand, the Barcelona director showed optimist on the performance of the team in the last weeks, where the Barça has added 10 of the last 12 points in LaLiga. "What said Xavi is truth: we had reacted and played well against Osasuna and Alavés. We did not expect empatar against the Granada, but the football is like this. The team is training well. The things will go out".

The confidence of Deco in Vitor Roque follows intact

On the adaptation of 'Tigrinho', Deco recalcó his confidence in the Brazilian, to the one who considers an important piece of face to the final stretch of the 2023/24. "The idea was to bring it so that it learnt playing at the side of footballers like Lewandowski, but the injuries have complicated it everything. The team needs that the forwards mark goals. Vitor Roque Has personality and goes us to help, sure", puntualizó. The Saturday, Roque could not take advantage of his first big opportunity like titling in the Barça, in a day in which it was quite errático in the 58 minutes that played.