The afternoon that Xavi’s flower withered

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  • Barça’s desolation for a defeat that came in Jordi Alba’s 400th match, in tribute to Alexia Putellas and in the replacement of Gavi after receiving a ball to the head.

Some afternoon or night it had to happen, although the Barça fan was surely hoping that the luck of Xavi were eternal. But you have to water the flowers so that they do not wither and in football, there is no other, it can only be done by scoring and not conceding goals, “although they cannot be allowed” (word of Xavi) as the one achieved at the Camp Nou by Betis.

Everything pointed to an afternoon of glory. Everything was ready and ready for the fans who came to the stadium to live a day of happiness because they had laid the foundations for it. Alexia Putellas was there with her Ballon d’Or, which she symbolically handed over to the fans in the company of the entire female squad, the same players who had filled the small Johan Cruyff with more than 5,000 fans (the second best entry for the second home Culé) and they had gifted the public with a 4-0 win against Athletic. But Alexia he couldn’t score goals. Just yell and cheer.

It was also the afternoon when Jordi Alba signed the 400 match with Barça and Xavi gave a new chance to Coutinho and then to Riqui Puig. But that other tribute that the defender had to receive for his collection of Barça matches ended with his words regretting another defeat at the Camp Nou. “When we were playing better, they scored the goal. We lost all three points to a direct rival.”

In fact, everything seemed to start to go wrong when Gavi He received a tremendous blow to the head, dizziness and substitution to avoid greater evils and, at the end of the game, he visits the hospital following the usual protocols when a footballer receives a severe contusion to the skull.

So what with Alexia disgusted by the defeat and without Jordi Alba could boast of having won in his match 400, to Xavi He had no choice but to speak ironically about that flower called luck with which he seemed to appear in every game as a coach, which served him among other things so that Espanyol did not tie him, Benfica did not defeat him and Villarreal finished with a 1 -3 against.

“Compete like animals”

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“The flower is over, everything is over,” said the Barça coach with a mocking laugh. “I do not like to lose but in football sometimes you win undeservedly and now it has happened the other way around. We have to improve but it is a pity that we have not been able to take even one point of the three that were at stake.”

And above, the flower withered at the worst moment, before a momentous game, vital for Barça and for its future in an uphill Champions League. “I hope that this defeat does not affect us because on Wednesday in Munich we must compete like animals.” They have no other choice, although the technician is clear about it. He will play with head. Without risking and proof of this was his confession when asked if he would expose himself with Ansu Fati. “It’s not just the Champions League. There are other competitions and I don’t want to lose it for two more months.”



Reference-www.elperiodico.com

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