XAVI MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT WAS A STEP FORWARD
The good news for FC Barcelona after the victory against Unionistas
Published:19/01/2024 - 09:28h
Updated:19/01/2024 - 12:45h
Barça are clearly far from their best, but on Thursday they were able to recover some sensations, both collectively and in terms of the performance of some players
Xavi Hernández left a very clear assessment after surpassing the eighth of final of the Glass of Rey. The Barcelona team traced back and won his party of this Thursday in front of the Unionistas of First RFEF after a first time with a lot of doubts. Already in the second half appeared the individual quality of a lot of footballers and that has been one of the very positive news that the Catalan club could bring of Salamanca.
The victory by 1-3 in Reina Sofia surely left this feeling between the culés to be seeing to Alejandro Balde of the past season, a for nothing better data. The side began this course like a fixed in the XI and little by little was losing chevrons, by what his exhibition in front of the modest team is a positive point with which Xavi have to remain , as well as all the Barça, especially while it returns Joao Cancel.
In a similar news can situate the showed by Jules Koundé during the party of this Thursday. The Frenchman repeated like head office in front of the sanction of Ronald Araújo and knew to guide the Barcelona defence, first beside Christensen and afterwards with a jovencísimo Pau Cubarsí during all the second time. To this added him an authentic charro for the 1-2, showing his individual quality and those win to be an important member of the XI culé.
Players enchufados and enrachados beside a very important reaction
Another very positive point for the Barça has been the entry of Gündogan in the second time, very advanced in the midfield and with a dynamics that remembered a lot of to the Ilkay of the start of season, and of course to the of the Manchester City. Of equal way, the goal of Ferran Torres, his eighth of the course, has been a sample more for Xavi that it can trust the Valencian like headline and especially in his capacity goleadora in key moments of the parties.
A possible fifth good news for Xavi can arrive with the titularity and the complete party of Oriol Romeu, the one who has to weigh of a start of party of some doubts knew to replace and finished delivering some security to the team, contesting besides the 90 minutes after almost three months. To finalise, and no thus less important, the Barça has to remain with the reaction that there was when it seemed that all went to the abyss in front of a very inferior rival and after falling does very few days in the Supercopa of Spain.
