Barcelona are getting closer and closer to winning La Liga, and Xavi has revealed some advice he gave his players about Real Madrid; see details
O barcelona kept the distance of nine points for the Real MadridIt is xavi took an unusual attitude in the week that will precede the derby against rival meringues. After the painful victory against the Athletic Bilbao Last Sunday, the 12th, the Barça coach revealed that he will give his players a day off next Tuesday, the 14th, Wednesday, the 15th, and part of Thursday, the 16th. was requested by him for the last round game.
In a press conference, Xavi told journalists that he made a request to his players. The Barcelona coach made a point of asking the culé squad not to think about Real Madrid for the game that will only take place next Sunday, the 19th, at the Camp Nou. Apparently, the athletes followed the recommendation and achieved an important victory in La Liga.
With that, Xavi took the attitude of giving almost three days off to his players during the week of preparation for the derby against Real Madrid. The Barcelona coach’s expectation is that Barça will gain even more momentum and confidence for the game against the Meringues. It is worth mentioning that the victory over Athletic Bilbao was suffered and had great brilliance from Ter Stegen, in addition to a beautiful goal from Raphinha, which gave the victory by 1-0.
“I told the players that today was a final for us, not to think about the derby (against Real Madrid next Sunday), to compete and get the three points. And I think we did. I think the team got a vital victory for the LaLiga sequence“, said the Barcelona coach before the match against Real Madrid.
Raphinha continues to shine with the Barcelona shirt…
The Brazilian Raphinha decided to Barcelona again. After losing space in the culé team during the middle of the season, he gained prominence in this final stretch of La Liga. The striker has been playing great games and was responsible for giving Barça the second consecutive victory. Against Valencia he scored and against Athletic Bilbao, the striker also scored. There are 37 games in this 2022/23 season and entitled to nine goals and nine assists.
Source: sportbuzz
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