SEVILLA — The coach of Barcelona, Xavi Hernández, highlighted this Saturday after the 2-1 victory achieved at the Betis field, which ensures the team qualification for the next edition of the Champions League with three rounds to go. to conclude the tournament, that “the mentality has changed”, alluding to the irregular season made by the Barça team.
“Perhaps in November or December they tied us and we went backwards and now we go forward,” said the Catalan coach, who insisted that the team has improved despite not being able to fight for the title.
“We have beaten the top ten in the second round. We have competed, we have improved, I think that is clear, despite losing to Cádiz and Rayo. We have managed to be competitive, then we play well, badly or less well, but the team competes, it has a winning soul. No one has given us anything,” he recounted.
Xavi, regarding this Saturday’s match, pointed out that “we need to control the games. Betis is a team that connects very well in the transition and they have failed in that. We have to improve, it’s clear”.
He also referred to striker Ansu Fati, who came out in the second half and shortly after made it 0-1 and of whom he said that “he has a goal, he has one and even hitting him badly goes inside. There are players who have a star and Ansu has it. The team notices him when he is. He has a star”.
The Barcelona coach also referred to the captains of the squad -Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba- and assured that “they have a commitment that they show on a daily basis. Fantastic. They pull the strings, they are criticized… but they don’t hide”.
“They know we’re at Barcelona. The soul they put into the team is sensational,” stressed Xavi, who pointed out that the 1-2 achieved precisely by Jordi Alba in the extension of the match “is a great goal, I had worked on it yesterday. Yes what works comes out is milk”.
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Xavi: “The mentality has changed”