Xavi Disappointed in Barcelona’s Recent Performance Despite Victory

Xavi Disappointed in Barcelona’s Recent Performance Despite Victory

Byron Pillay
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:23 PM
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  • Xavi wants an improved performance from Barcelona as they challenge for three trophies
  • Barcelona lead La Liga and are still in contention in the Europa League and the Copa del Rey
  • Pedri scored the only goal of the game as Barcelona beat Getafe, but Xavi was not impressed

Barcelona continues to lead the way in La Liga, but coach Xavi is not happy with how his team is playing.

La Blaugrana's manager was reacting to the side's recent 1-0 victory over Getafe.

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Xavi is disappointed in the way Barcelona played against Getafe, despite the fact that they secured a 1-0 victory. Image: Gongora/ Nur
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As noted by ESPN, Pedri grabbed the only goal of the game, as Barca kept a clean sheet and maintained their lead over Real Madrid at the top of the standings.

Los Blancos are still three points behind their bitter rivals.

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Despite the victory, Xavi described the side's performance as being too slow and tedious for his liking, Goal reported.

“I have to be very honest, we were not good at all. We need to minimise our poor matches like these ones," he said.

Xavi admitted that the team had played better for much of the season, but needed to work on these poor games if they were to challenge on multiple fronts this season.

Barcelona are still in the UEFA Europa League and have a date with Manchester United next in that competition.

They are also in the running for the Copa del Rey glory. Barca's next game in the competition is against Real Sociedad in the quarter-finals of the cup on Wednesday, January 25.

Having already wrapped up the Spanish Supercopa title, Xavi will be looking to bring more trophies back to Camp Nou.

Xavi really impressed with Gavi

Barcelona manager, Xavi Hernandez is still in awe with the performance of Spanish midfielder, Gavi in the Super Cup final victory against Real Madrid on Sunday, January 15.

The 18-year-old midfielder produced one of his best displays in a Barcelona shirt, creating two assists and scoring once as the Catalans routed the defending champions 3-1.

Gavi also won seven of nine ground duels, had 88 percent pass accuracy, and had 100 percent of his tackles won, leading Xavi to sing his praises, Sports Brief earlier reported.

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Byron Pillay
Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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