2023-10-03 08:20:00
The Spanish coach returned competitiveness to the Blaugranas.
Xavi Hernández is close to fulfilling 100 parties as technical director of Barcelona. In the run-up to the duel against Porto for the second date of the Champions Leaguewhich will be his centenary, analyzed what his first years as a culé coach left in an interview for Diario SPORT.
What have I learned in these 100 games? To be stable, there is a lot of noise around the team and I have to isolate the players when there is a lot of euphoria or a lot of negativity,
The Egarense explained in the middle of the conversation.
Xavi made his debut on the Blaugrana bench on November 20, 2021 against Espanyol in a match that ended 1-0. He arrived in a complicated environment, but he managed to return competitiveness to the players.
After 99 commitments, it has 62 wins, 18 draws y 19 defeats. In this way, he is ranked fourth among the coaches with the best record.
The first is Luis Enrique, with 80 victories, 282 goals scored and four titles in his bag; follows Pep Guardiola with 71 games won, 242 goals and five trophies; in the next place is Ernesto Valverdewho achieved 68 victories, 241 goals and three Olympic laps.
For his part, the former Al Sadd strategist has two titles. The first of them was the Spain Supercup against Real Madrid in a duel that They dominated from start to finish. In his words, this was his best game since he led Barça because they broke the drought and the team showed the idea of the game that he wanted.
The last one was the Spanish League, which they won last year with a big difference over the White House. Despite good records, he went through complicated moments.
For example, the two eliminations in the Champions League group stage and the subsequent falls in the Europa League against Eintracht Frankfurt and Manchester United, respectively.
However, the leadership does not want to talk about this anymore. Your goal is in strengthen the squad so that it allows you to look to the future with optimism. They all aim for a common good: winning the Champions League again.
More numbers from the Xavi Hernández era
The culé team recovered the colorful game. There are some statistics that explain the improvement. He has 35.62% shots on goal, as well as a 36.45% of goals from shots on goal. In collective play he completed 88.06% of good passes, as well as 64.54% of ball possession.
About Xavi Hernández they have 191 goals scored and 90 points against, with a differential of +101. Hernández had to deal with Barcelona’s internal crisis: the Negreira Case, Barcagate, Superliga and even economic problems derived from the mismanagement of the previous president Josep María Bartomeu.
However, Xavi Hernández remained strong. Laporta made a good decision by bringing him to what was his home as a footballer.
On the other hand, it serves to keep the fans happy. They see a legend of Barcelonaone more follower, on the bench and maintain their enthusiasm for future challenges.
The ex-footballer knows that his pending debt is to make a good role in the Champions League. However, the experience he gained in the previous 99 games, as well as the falls in previous seasons, allowed him to learn many things that he hopes will be useful for the future.
I have more experience and more calm, I approach games more calmly. If I reach (200 games) it will be a good sign, that things are going well. I hope to celebrate titles along the way,
concluded the young technical director.
On Wednesday, October 4, they will visit the Estadio Do Dragao to face the Porto in what his 100th game will mean. He not only wants to take a victory on difficult terrain. But also leaving behind the ghosts of past eliminations.
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