Barça is immersed in a game crisis for which it cannot find a solution and against Granada, who took a draw from Montjuïc (3-3), they experienced another nightmare. Resigned and frustrated, the Blaugrana coach, Xavi Hernández, admitted, once again this season, that his pupils returned to “giving away goals and plays where there was no danger.”
“We lost two points. It was an opportunity to cut points,” lamented the Terrassa coach about the umpteenth missed opportunity to get on the League train. The Barcelona fans cut Girona one point, now to five, but the leader, Real Madrid, escapes to ten points with 14 games remaining.
“We have given away goals and situations where there was no danger (…) We have failed completely. These are errors that we cannot allow. It is the summary of the season, it is impossible to compete like this. We have generated in attack, but conceding three goals is impossible to compete. Very bad defensively. In the second there is no danger. We have trained them all week and in the end you pay dearly for it,” the coach analyzed the tie.
Xavi indicated that the errors may be due to “lack of concentration”, poor “form” and “loss of players” due to injury. “I have to help the players more. I cannot despair or have any anxiety. We will analyze what has happened to us, it is a step backwards,” he added, although ensuring that they are not throwing in the towel in the fight to sing the alirón: “It is difficult, today even more so. It’s a big difference, but not impossible. We don’t give up on the League.”
Despite commenting on his team’s mistakes, the Egarense also praised “the good work of Granada”, which presented “an intelligent game” and “duels”. “We couldn’t go deep, at the level of play today it wasn’t easy. We didn’t have any legs,” said beginning. We get rhythm when we have emergencies. The team has had faith and courage to come back, but it has not been enough.”
Ter Stegen, who was returning to goal after months of a back injury, expressed himself along the same lines. “These goals conceded are always difficult for the team’s morale. We were on the verge of coming back, but you can’t concede three goals, especially in this way. We must be more concentrated when defending the lateral centers, when score. We know it, but it has not been possible to do better,” analyzed the German.
