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Ferran Torres and Xavi Hernandez back their teammates and coach following Barcelona’s fourth loss in nine matches
FC Barcelona were not having a great time presently in the Champions League. The Spanish club suffered its fourth loss in the last nine games in the ongoing season. In addition, Barcelona lost to Antwerp by a margin of 3-2. After the loss, Torres appeared at the post-match conference, where he looked like he was hurt with the loss. Torres defended the playing style of his coach during the match.
“We are with the coach and his ideas until the end,” said Ferran Torres. However, he further added that criticizing the coach is easy, but the job is for the players to perform in the middle. “It’s easy to criticize the coach, but the players are the ones on the pitch,” added Ferran Torres. Furthermore, he said that people who are outside the club want to see them destroyed. Ferran Torres has tried to shut down the external noises with their performances.
“We know how things work at Barça, people on the outside try to destroy us, to make us nervous, but we will turn things around. There is always a lot of external noise, but we have to live with that,” added Torres. Likewise, Xavi Hernandez spoke about the performance of the side in the ongoing season. Notably, the star player claimed that they have to analyze the performances themselves, try in order to improve in each game.
‘Teams are creating chances against us and we are struggling to create our own’ – Xavi Hernandez
“We have to be self-critical. We have to improve. Teams are creating chances against us and we are struggling to create our own,” said Xavi.
The analysis of Xavi Hernandez was on point. However, there are not enough chances created by the champion side in the last few games, which has led to so many defeats in the last month or so. Xavi Hernandez further analyzed the performances of other players in the match.
The star player said that his teammates were not that good in the match before saying that he would not like to comment about the individuals. In addition, he says that his teammates are a lot better than they performed against Antwerp.