According to Tasnim news agency, Barcelona football team was the guest of Real Sociedad last night (Thursday) in an away match from the 35th week of La Liga and defeated this team with a result of one to zero. With this result, Barcelona gained 63 points and returned to the second place in the table due to a better result in a direct match against Sevilla.
“I am happy with the three points we have scored,” Catalan coach Xavi Hernandez said after the game. It was a vital victory for the future of the team and the club, and a golden achievement. However, I am not satisfied with the game process. Why from the first half, but not from the second half, because we were under a lot of pressure. We have to be honest and admit that we were not good in the second half. So we need to improve our performance. This is not the path we want to take, and that’s why we struggled. This game was not our ideal. Sociedad is a strong team. Given that they are one of our direct competitors to win the Champions League quota, these three points that we got were very vital and valuable.
Xavi added: “This game, along with our game against Villarreal, were our toughest games, so that in some parts of the game, we could see the effect of fatigue on the players’ performance.” Sociedad’s right was more than that, especially since we were not very good in the second half.
The Barcelona coach said about the injuries of three of his players in this game: Jordi Alba, Ronald (Araوjo) and Piqué are injured. This game put a lot of pressure on us and tired the team. The game calendar is heavy. The team feels responsible for winning the Champions League quota. Our plan was to have 90% of the press from above, but we worked very hard. It is a fact. Our style of play changed in this match and we had not done so for a long time.