Xavi: “It is a historic victory, it is worth an empire”

Finished relieved Xavi. It was the game that had to be suspended. But, in the end, and “due to an unexpected situation”, alluding to the defeats of Rayo and Betis, in addition to the draw of Real Sociedad, Barça is placed at a point in the Champions zone, “a border marked by Atlético of Madrid “, according to remembered the Barcelona technician. “They are three golden points for us. It is a victory that is worth an empire,” Xavi has confessed.

“It allows us to get closer to those Champions League positions, which is our first goal,” said the Barça coach, happy for the performance of Luke de Jong and of Marc André Ter Stegen. “He is a professional like the glass of a pine tree. He is brutal, he is an example. Depending on how you train, you play that way,” said Xavi, indicating that the former Sevilla striker “has marked the differences.” Him and Ter Stegen. “Marc slammed the door, he saved us at the end,” he indicated.

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“It is a historic victory, coming as we came with 17 casualties,” the coach stressed proudly, admitting that “Barça played very well in the first half and then we knew how to suffer.” The Barça team suffered so much that they ended up locked in the German goal area, where they resisted thanks to that prodigious intervention.

“We are one point away from Atlético. This means a lot, but a lot. The team is united, it is a family, there is a fantastic atmosphere in the dressing room,” said the Barça coach with a victory that places him as close as possible to the Champions League. thanks to Luuk de Jong’s decisive goal.

“I am moved by how the team has competed because we have shown that we are a family,” he insisted, indicating that “it is not the day to say the things that are missing but the good things because in defense we have been spectacular and Ter Stegen has saved us, we are going to above”.

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In addition, Xavi has not only won a very valuable game but is also beginning to recover players for this complex month of January. Barça has communicated that Alves, who must be registered in the League if the salary fair play is adjusted, and Jordi Alba have tested negative for coronavirus in the PCRS tests to which they have been subjected.