Xavi Hernández, Barcelona coach, regretted the defeat against Real Madrid, which practically sentenced the League, and said that the feeling with which he leaves the Santiago Bernabéu is one of “maximum injustice”, that “the victory escaped due to adverse circumstances » and that the referee «neither went unnoticed nor was he right.»
Barcelona, which took the lead on two occasions, ended up losing at the Santiago Bernabéu to Real Madrid with a goal from Jude Bellingham in the 90th minute.
«We should be proud of how we competed because we played good football in the second half. We dominated, we had good chances, but we lost. It’s a shame,” said Xavi, at a press conference.
«I think everyone has seen what has happened. I can only analyze the game we played, that we were better than Real Madrid. We should be proud of how we played although the final goal is our mistake because we should have made the transition. I am proud of the team but it is a defeat and it is heavy,” he confessed.
Xavi stressed that his feeling is one of “maximum injustice.”
«The meeting was not fair. I can’t fool anyone, least of all the fans. “Everyone has seen it,” confessed the Barcelona coach, who gave his opinion on the performance of referee César Soto Grado.
«The referee has conditioned. I said in the preview that I hope it goes unnoticed and gets it right. Neither. “It’s a shame,” he said.
Real Madrid’s victory boosts them in the standings with eleven points ahead of Barcelona.
«We have the objective of continuing fighting and finishing second. The feeling is one of contradiction, I think that with the match we have played, it is normal to win but there are adverse situations for us and others that we cannot control through refereeing,” he said.
«We have competed very well. I think we deserved the three points of all. The normal thing is that we would have won but we missed it due to adverse circumstances. The League is not over, there are six games left. It is true that the League title is lost or very difficult. From now on the objective is to finish second and play in the Super Cup,” he said.
«If they win the League, Real Madrid must be congratulated. He has had an extraordinary League. They have almost sentenced the League but my feeling is of maximum injustice,” said Xavi, who also criticized that in the Spanish League there is no goal technology, something also criticized by his goalkeeper Marc André Ter Stegen.
«Totally agree with him. It’s reality. We must not remain silent, it is a shame. “If we want to be the best League in the world we have to move forward,” he said.
Regarding his future, which seems far from Barcelona due to what he announced a few months ago when reporting his departure in the summer, Xavi did not want to speak.
«It’s not the time now. It’s going to cost what’s coming. You have to think about working, about the next game and continuing. There are six games left and many things can happen,” he concluded. EFE
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