Rafa Márquez confirms that he could continue at Barça and speaks out about Xavi's departure

Rafa Márquez conversed with the Catalan press on his future in the FC Barcelona. Without doubting it, the trainer of the filial showed confidence on his continuity, further to have descartado his arrival to the first team. "Have a good tuning with the directive and the people of the basic football to be able to speak when it finish this and do not have haste", ensured the Mexican.

In this sense, valued the have sounded like possible replacement of Xavi Hernández in the last weeks. "If my name has gone out, has been by the work that have done. I expect that it keep on being like this", it argued the young trainer, the one who has carried to the Barça Atlètic, by second consecutive season, to struggle by a place in Second through the 'playoff' of promotion.

Rafa Márquez, surrendered to Xavi after the exit of the egarense

Regarding the exit of the míster of Terrassa, Márquez no escatimó praises to his ex mate in the Barça. "Like the fellow that it is, has been difficult and complicated see what has happened, but in a place like this and in a so big team there are consequences when the results do not accompany". However, the one of Michoacán trusts the capacities of the egarense to have a new big opportunity.

"Like footballer was a big professional and like trainer also has showed it, has not been easy his stage and has attained important things like the past League and the Supercopa and still has a lot that give like trainer", puntualizó on the now ex trainer culé. For Rafa, the goodbye of Xavi supposed to go back to sound like a solution of emergency for the Barça that the directive did not take in descartar hiring to Hansi Flick. Now, the Mexican can concentrate completely in trying rise to the filial.

The Barça Atlètic, smart for the first 'semi' by a place in Second

The team finish third in the Group 1 with 70 points, the same that the Nastic and to eight of the leader, Sportive The Coruña, that ensured the promotion beside the champion of the Group 2, the Castellón. PPloughs the Barça Atlètic, the first semifinal in front of the Ibiza will be this Sunday 2 June from the 19:15 venues, like visitor. The turn is programmed for the Saturday 8 to the 19.30 hours. The Estadi Johan Cruyff. Afterwards, the culés would confront to the Córdoba or the Ponferradina in the final.