Xavi: "We have to play better against Betis than in Girona"

BARCELONA, 31 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The coach of FC Barcelona, ​​Xavi Hernández, acknowledged that to try to beat Real Betis this Wednesday at the Benito Villamarín, in a match postponed at the time for the Spanish Super Cup, they will have to play better than against Girona, despite the victory, and He recalled the difficulty of scoring in the Verdiblanco fiefdom.

"We play finals every day. Against Betis we have to go out with intensity and play better in attack than against Girona. We have to try more things up front, but we didn't play a bad game. I think we're good in many aspects", he qualified in the conference press.

According to Xavi, in the last 6 games they played "very well" in 4 and in the other 2 they were not "fine". "Our objective is to win by playing well, it is our idea to have chances and press and win. But it is not always fulfilled and sometimes not playing so well you win and playing very well, no. In the Super Cup final we played a great game and our objective is to play like this, but it is not always like this", he recognized.

Precisely, in that Spanish Super Cup they faced Real Betis in the semifinals, with a draw (2-2) after extra time and a culé win on penalties. "This game is very useful for us. Pellegrini changes his system very little, it works very well for him in the teams he is in," he said.

"He works very well with the ball, he is one of the best teams in LaLiga, and without the ball he does very good things, too. It's a very difficult game, a very difficult visit to a field where it is difficult to score points, last year it already happened to us and we achieved it in the discount. It will cost a lot, Betis can dominate you with talented players", he warned his players.

"Betis has top-level players like Iglesias, Canales or Fekir. Pellegrini does a fantastic job, he cost us in the Super Cup semifinal and tomorrow at his stadium it will cost us a lot. We have to have the ball. It will be very important to have the ball and attack and keep pressing. It's a very complicated start", he reiterated, in this sense.

On a global level, the team's improvement plans include having more daring in attack. "You have to dare more and be more decisive. That's what was missing in Girona, in a solid game but with fewer chances. You need to dare and try instead of giving that last pass", Xavi contributed.

On the other hand, regarding Ousmane Dembélé's injury, he does not know how long the winger will be out. "We don't know, it's a muscle injury in a difficult area to tell time. It will depend a lot on his feelings. It's a sensitive loss because he was in an extraordinary moment, a difficult loss to replace but we'll try not to make it noticeable," he was honest.