BARCELONA – Xavi Hernández was as sincere as he was shocking at the end of the game. Few times a coach, after a victory, and even more so necessary as this one from Barcelona, Villarreal, would appear in front of a microphone recognizing that the victory was not entirely fair.
“We have suffered and we have been lucky because Villarreal did not deserve to lose,” the Barça coach surprised, smiling and immediately adding that “just as we are, these three points are holy water for us.”
“It was a very difficult game. We dominated less than expected and Villarreal did not deserve to lose,” repeated Xavi, who in a clear exercise of self-criticism demanded that his team “must control and dominate more with the ball. It was a great tactical game. Very even because we are talking about a Villarreal that is a great team, Champions level and I have already said, maybe we did not deserve to win … But it is a tremendous victory “.
Smiling when he was told about luck and that he can be a coach with a flower, the Catalan coach joked with second. “Now it is not said that a goal is missing, now it is a flower … Let’s see what it will be next week,” he warned, inviting “the next matches … Let’s see if I have it, although it could also be said that at the beginning In the game we have had chances to score and the flower has been the rival’s. “
Asked about the penalty play of Gerard piqué, Xavi escaped any controversy and hinted that his speech will not change in the future: “I will not talk about the referees because his is a very difficult job … And there is also the VAR. I am not here to judge why a one day they will benefit you and another they will harm you and I am not going to talk about it. “
Beyond the refereeing work, the Barça coach focused on an eminently sporting speech. “Winning tastes like glory to us because in the end we saw it as very difficult. It gives us life, it is a spectacular victory,” he resolved … once again acknowledging that it was not the most deserved or expected. “On Benfica’s day we deserved to win more than enough We also deserved it with Espanyol and today we have not been so good. They have submitted us, we have suffered and we have been lucky … But this is football. “
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Xavi: “We were lucky and Villarreal didn’t deserve to lose”