Barca Coach, Xavi Hernandez reveals why Barca is hardest club to manage
Barcelona Coach, Xavi Hernandez has revealed why Barca is the hardest club to Coach.
The coach says Barcelona are the hardest club to manage due to their critics always being ready to snipe at them even after big wins.
Barcelona had beat Real Madrid 1-0 in the Copa del Rey semi-final first leg on Thursday at the Santiago Bernabeu, but were criticised for only having 34 percent possession.
Also, Xavi-Hernandez said the demands on his team to play good football as well as winning games and lifting trophies meant his job was trickier than any other in the game.
“You beat Real Madrid 1-0 and it seems that it’s not convincing enough, whereas if it was the reverse there would be a national party,” Xavi told reporters.
“So it is the hardest club in the world. Now you believe me? I said it last year and got bashed for it.
Furthermore, he said that at Barcelona, you have to win and convince, to have 70 per cent of possession and create 16 chances while the opponent makes three.
“That is the objective, and that is our objective, but you have to understand that there is an opponent who is the reigning La Liga and European champions, and we’re competing with them.”
Meanwhile, Xavi said it was “absurd” to criticise Barcelona for not keeping the ball when they faced a Madrid side pressing them high up the pitch.
On Sunday Barcelona face Valencia in La Liga, where they have the chance to move 10 points clear before Real Madrid face Real Betis.
Also, Barcelona missed a chance to extend their advantage as they lost 1-0 at Almeria last weekend.
Valencia, 18th, recently appointed Ruben Baraja as coach and they beat Real Sociedad 1-0 last weekend to bolster their bid to escape relegation.
In addition, Barca Coach said “They defend well with Baraja, they are more aggressive, generous in their defensive work, very fast,”
“We come from the Almeria defeat, we have to change the mindset from the cup. We want three points but the opponent arrives in need too, they have a lot on the line.”
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