Xavi 'wets' on Balde's injury and defends Robert Lewandowski

The elimination in Glass of the King against the Athletic between week was an important hit for the FC Barcelona in the current season. But now the group of Xavi Hernández has to go back to the senda of the triumph not to lose distance with the leadership in LaLiga and this Saturday will be confronting to the Villarreal, a duel in which in the previous the technician culé has left the last hour of the team.

"The teams of Marcelino are aggressive, very worked defensivamente. It is a good trainer, with the clear things. It is a party to react, after the of Bilbao. If we play more split like the day of Bilbao", analysed initially the míster Catalan. Besides, it has wanted to leave a clear defence to the present of Robert Lewandowski, the one who clearly is not having the season goleadora of the previous course.

Lewandowski And Balde, two proper names of the press conference of Xavi

"In the last four parties has done three goals. I think that is the feeling of not being fine in the control, in the pass... But it will keep on being important for the team, is a natural leader. The team is very joined. I have not seen a changing room with this human quality in my career", sentenced Xavi, the one who followed giving the last hour of the staff with a new update on the injury of Alejandro Balde.

"We recommend him that it operate and we are with him. Advise it of the best possible way and that decide the best. It is a moment difficult for him", commented the trainer. Besides, on the similarity with one of the injuries of Ansu Fati in which it decided not going through the operating theatre. "According to the doctors is different. The decision is personal. It is very young and decide what decide will back it. What want to is that it recover the best possible. It does not have at all that see his injury with the one of Ansu", sentenced.

The injuries of the Barça and the present of Pedri

Finally the trainer of the Barça has spoken on the multiple injuries that has had the team in little more than half season. "Muscular have had very few. We are underneath of the levels of other clubs. We have had traumatic injuries of hernias, crusaders... Have young people that is giving the size", commented the egarense, the one who also mentioned on Pedri that "are managing it and is finding better. It will keep on being important", resolved the Catalan.