José Bordalás, coach of Getafe, praised this Friday at a press conference the figure of Xavi Hernández, whom he will face on the next day, and recalled that it seems that people have forgotten that the Barcelona coach won a League and a Super Cup at a difficult time for the Barça club.
It seems that the tension between the two coaches after the first leg has disappeared. The match at the Coliseum ended 0-0, with the expulsions of It is a way of justifying that he has not achieved the three points with a squad,” he said months ago.
Now, both Xavi and Bordalás have complimented each other from the press room. The Barcelona coach praised Bordalás’ work at Getafe and responded by doing the same with Xavi Hernández.
«I am always calm and the words of colleagues are always appreciated. I also have great respect and admiration for him. We coaches are very exposed and my recognition to Xavi. He has won a League and a Super Cup and it seems that we forget him quickly. He has done it at a time of enormous difficulty for his club and against rivals at a great time. “I have a lot of esteem and a lot of recognition for him,” he said.
«Xavi is a great professional. I think he has shown it from the first day he leads Barcelona. They are decisions (leaving Barcelona at the end of the season) that I cannot value and respect. “If he considers that it is best for him and the club to end his relationship with the club, we must respect that,” he added.
Bordalás assured that he was not “afraid” of facing any team and declared that he always has the ambition to win every game regardless of the rival.
«I take into account the rival’s potential and prepare the match to win it. I like my players to be protagonists with the ball, that we try and go for the game. But sometimes you face superior rivals. “If I was afraid, I wouldn’t be training,” he said.
For the Getafe coach, his players have earned the “right to enjoy” the match they will face in Montjuic this Saturday and he made it clear that “we must value” everything his players have achieved, now 17 points away of relegation with 13 games left to play.
«We are very far from the relegation assumptions, we have not achieved the objective but we are on the way. We will continue working to achieve it as soon as possible. It is a difficult match against a great rival, but we are prepared. We have worked phenomenally during the week. We are aware that we have to be at a high level if we want to achieve a good result,” he indicated.
«We are not saved mathematically. Therefore, we have to continue working to add the necessary points and achieve that goal as soon as possible. It’s not going to be easy, because at this point in the championship each game has enormous difficulty. Tomorrow’s game will be doubly because of the rival and because of the stage,” he noted.
In addition, he pointed out that facing “a great team like Barcelona” is always difficult at any time. Bordalás made it clear that “you never know” when it is a good time to face the Barça team.
«You always have confidence and hope. The numbers are there and that is why they are great teams with enormous budgets and decisive players. That is why it is so complicated and difficult to beat Barcelona teams with lower level teams. “Despite playing at a high level, in an action, with their decisive players, they can ruin your work,” declared.
Asked about statements made by Xavi in which he said that being a coach is stressful, he agreed with the Barcelona coach: “It is a very complicated profession. That’s why I have a lot of respect for all the coaches of any category. “It is an extremely complex profession.”
He also spoke about Ilaix Moriba, one of his signings from the winter market: «I see him as phenomenal. He is a special boy. We have great affection for him. He has it towards us and I see him as phenomenal with great commitment and enthusiasm. He is very well prepared to help the team. He has a great future. He listens to us, we try to help him to bring out our best version. EFE
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