{"id":27575,"date":"2024-02-25T02:30:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T23:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/27575\/no-regrets-about-leaving-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2024-02-25T02:30:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T23:30:41","slug":"no-regrets-about-leaving-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=27575","title":{"rendered":"No regrets about leaving Barcelona despite good form &#8211; Xavi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No regrets about leaving Barcelona despite good form &#8211; Xavi\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li>\n<p>Sam Marsden<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Moses Llorens<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"timestamp \">February 24, 2024, 6:56 p.m.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Barcelona coach Xavi Hern\u00e1ndez says he does not regret his decision to step down at the end of the season following Saturday&#39;s convincing 4-0 <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> over Getafe at the Olympic Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Raphinha, Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix, Frenkie de Jong and Ferm\u00edn L\u00f3pez all scored as Bar\u00e7a moved into second place in La Liga, five points behind leaders Real Madrid, who face Sevilla on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Barca have now collected 13 points from a possible 15 in the league since Xavi announced his departure in the summer, with fans chanting his name throughout the second half of Getafe&#39;s victory.<\/p>\n<p>Asked at a press conference if he regretted his decision given the team&#39;s improved results since then, Xavi replied: &#8220;No, it&#39;s the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#39;s absolutely the right decision. The team has progressed since I made it and the players have shown the level they have. [against Getafe] and in previous games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#39;m really grateful that the fans are chanting my name, but I&#39;m convinced that my decision is the right one for the club. The fans have always been by my side and, from the bottom of my heart, I really appreciate it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Barcelona have not lost since Xavi Hern\u00e1ndez announced his decision to step down as head coach at the end of the season. <cite>David S. Bustamante\/Soccrates\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Barca found joy behind the Getafe defense, with the visitors playing a high line, and it was an overhand ball that led to Raphinha&#39;s first-half opener.<\/p>\n<p>Felix added the second goal after the break, heading home a cross from Andreas Christensen, who was again playing in midfield, while De Jong and L\u00f3pez completed the scoring.<\/p>\n<p>With Girona and Madrid yet to play this weekend, Barca finished the day in second place in La Liga, with Xavi saying such a performance was needed to help keep the pressure on the other teams in top of the ranking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not throw in the towel,\u201d added the Bar\u00e7a coach.  &#8220;We know we have to win every weekend. We have taken a step forward. There is a real chance to fight for the title.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are in good shape. Until there is no mathematical chance, we will try to keep the pressure on Girona and Madrid. We have to focus on our job, which is to win like we have done today, but we still have time. in La Liga and in the Champions League.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Xavi has praised the &#8220;spectacular&#8221; Pau Cubars\u00ed, as the 17-year-old continues to impress in front of Barca&#39;s defense and says he is the team&#39;s best centre-back at bringing the ball out.<\/p>\n<p>He also applauded De Jong&#39;s performance at the end of a <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/week\/\"   title=\"week\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">week<\/a> in which the Dutch midfielder criticized the media for &#8220;lies&#8221; about his future, his contract and his salary situation at the Catalan club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrenkie is very demanding, a perfectionist,\u201d Xavi said.  \u201cHe always wants to be 10 out of 10 in every game, but that\u2019s not possible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But he is like that and that&#39;s why he plays at Bar\u00e7a. He is one of the best midfielders in the world. He can play any style of <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/football\/\"   title=\"football\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">football<\/a>. There are few like him. He&#39;s a guarantee. I&#39;m very happy with him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Proving Xavi&#39;s point, De Jong criticized his performance against Getafe, with his goal the 11,000th ever scored by Barca in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think today, with the ball, it was one of my worst games of the season, with the ball, like the passes and all that,\u201d De Jong told LaLiga TV.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#39;s true that I scored a goal and the action that led to another goal was good, but people watch too much football like that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For example, today I scored and with the fourth goal I was involved in the game and people think you played very well, but I think in general during the match I don&#39;t &#8220;I wasn&#39;t good. People think if you score you play well, but I don&#39;t. I don&#39;t see football that way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No regrets about leaving Barcelona despite good form &#8211; Xavi\u060c Sam Marsden Moses Llorens February 24, 2024, 6:56 p.m. Barcelona coach Xavi Hern\u00e1ndez says he does not regret his decision to step down at the end of the season following Saturday&#39;s convincing 4-0 win over Getafe at the Olympic Stadium. 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