Xavier Hernández Creus, known as Xavi has told Barcelona they have “five finals” to play as they attempt to banish their April blues and make sure of a Champions League place.
While Barcelona’s great rivals get set to celebrate, there is significant work to do for coach Xavi after his Blaugrana team were beaten 1-0 at home by Rayo Vallecano, who completed a league double over the Catalan giants, LiveScrore reports.
Assessing the Vallecano setback and its impact, Xavi said: “I don’t think it’s a lack of personality on the part of the team. There are emergencies at the club, both football-wise and financially. It’s a difficult situation and we have to face it.
“Now it’s time to rest, disconnect and in the middle of the week we will get back on and prepare for the Mallorca game. We have five finals remaining, we’ve complicated it for ourselves.”
Speaking to Movistar LaLiga, Xavi said: “In the first half we were not good, but in the second we improved, and the feeling is that we deserved much more. We had shots from all sides, from outside [the penalty area], from inside. But it didn’t want to go in.
“In the first half it wasn’t us, we didn’t have the personality that we had to have in the game. Everything has been complicated for us today. It was a slow game, with interruptions.”
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