Xavi: ‘We played one of the worst games’

Coach from Barcelona, ​​Xavi Hernandezz, said this Tuesday after the defeat of Shakhtar Donetsk (1-0) that his team played “one of the worst games” he can remember in the two years he led the team.

“The team is in a bad moment. We have problems with the game, loose balls and understanding the attack. Today was one of the worst games since I arrived two years ago,” the team commented to the media. Spanish technician.

He pointed out that these setbacks “happen throughout the season” and that “this defeat does not lose the team anything” in its qualification options.

For this reason, he encouraged his players to qualify for the second round in the next League game Champions League, which will take place on November 28 in Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium in front of Oportoor.

“I’m not worried about the match against Port because we still believe ourselves to be classified. The most important thing is to recover for the (league) game against Voraciousis,” the Barça coach pointed out.

Recipe for Xavi is “to be recognizable in the game again” and to “restore self-confidence” to its players.

“We have to remove our self-love and mentally recover. It’s a mental block, not a physical one,” he diagnosed, asserting that his staff needed to “regain the momentum they had recently.”

As for the opponent, he pointed out that the team led Marino Pusic “created problems in his offensive transitions” and that, thanks to his work in defense, caused his team “not to generate enough to at least tie and reach the round of 16.”

“He Shakhtar They usually don’t have this defensive job, but that’s normal because they faced Barcelona,” explained Xavi, who praised the play of the Ukrainian team’s wingers for doing a “very creditable defensive job”.