Xavi Hernandez returned to be the center of much criticism after the first game of the preseason of the Barcelona Soccer Club. The clear defeat harvested before the Arsenal It ended with the Catalan coach talking about the excessive intensity that the English team had put into the game, something that was immediately interpreted as a new excuse from the coach for the poor result of his team.
However, there is something beyond these protests by Xavi Hernández after the match against the Gunners. As he revealed the Cadena Cope, There was a kind of prior ‘non-aggression’ pact between Barcelona and Arsenal due to a series of conditions prior to the match. However, according to this information, the English did not respect this agreement and this raised the discomfort in the culé side, especially in Xavi Hernández.
According to the information of the journalist Helena CondisFirst, it was Arsenal that raised the idea of suspending this pre-season friendly match against Fútbol Club Barcelona. The lawn, according to Mikel Arteta and his coaching staff, he was not in the best condition and that in the middle of the preseason could favor the appearance of serious injuries that would mark the rest of the campaign.
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However, the suspension option was ruled out since the owner of the SoFi Stadium, where this match was being played, he is also the owner of Arsenal, and he did not want to miss the opportunity to host his club in his venue The Angels.
On the other hand, there was also the fact that Fútbol Club Barcelona already had to suspend its first pre-season match against the Juventus as a consequence of an intestinal virus that struck a large part of the squad. This meant a great economic loss of several million euros for the Catalans in terms of tickets, so the Catalans could not afford a second suspension as their finances are right now.
the game is played
There was no other option, therefore, for Arsenal and Barcelona to jump onto the pitch to play this pre-season friendly at SoFi Stadium. That’s why, Xavi Hernandez y Mikel Artetathe coaches of both teams, met before the match to talk.
Both were aware of the poor state of the pitch, and both feared injuries, so they decided to make a kind of pact. They agreed that their footballers would play very carefully not to go to the limit so as not to force the machinery, but this kind of pact was broken shortly after the start of the match when Arsenal made several hard fouls in the first quarter of an hour.
Xavi Hernández, with Marcos Alonso EFE
It was that which surprised and ended up making Xavi Hernández angry. The Barça coach considered that Arsenal had breached his part and had endangered his players, hence the statements he made at the end of the game after the clear defeat against the English team.
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2023-07-28 16:25:00
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