The PSG coach misunderstood his former team Barça during the reign of Xavi Hernandez, he confided in a documentary.
In difficulty with Ronald Koeman during the 2021-2022 season, FC Barcelona had called on its former Spanish midfielder, Xavi Hernandez, who arrived in November 2021. After bringing the Culés out of lethargy, the Spanish technician won La Liga for the Catalans the following season. But the 2023-2024 season will have been catastrophic for the former coach of Al Sadd SC.
“They play like Eibar”
No longer able to reassure at the head of the Catalan team, Xavi Hernandez ended up being sacked at the end of the 2023-2024 season after an exit from the coach that the club’s leaders did not appreciate. In a documentary on Movistar + In a programme devoted to Luis Enrique’s first season at PSG, which will be broadcast next Monday, the former coach of La Roja criticised Xavi’s style of play at the helm of Barça.
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“Barça are not a dominant team and they are not a good defensive team. They have no defensive quality. They just throw the ball around. Ter Stegen broke the record for long passes. They play like Eibar.”declared Luis Enrique in front of his staff, before the quarter-final return leg of the Champions League against the Culés. A match won by PSG (1-4) at Montjuïc while Barça had opened the scoring.
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Long before the clash, Lucho had created controversy, indicating that he “represents Barça’s style better than Xavi”. “It’s not an opinion. You can look at the statistics, the data: ball possession, goals, high pressing, look at the titles, look at the trophies. It’s me, without a doubt.”he had stressed.
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