Barcelona coach Xavi said that he believed that the team responded to its critics of the victory he achieved over Villarreal 3 / zero yesterday evening in the Spanish Football League competitions, stressing that the team “had to provide a reaction” after its levels fluctuated in the last period.
After the first half of play, Barcelona ended the contest with three goals in the next eight minutes, two of which came from Robert Lewandowski and one from Ansu Fati.
Barcelona improved their standing to second place with 25 points, three points behind leaders Real Madrid, who defeated Barcelona in the El Clásico last Sunday by a score of 3-1.
Yesterday, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid and reclaimed the match after drawing with Inter Milan in the Champions League.
Prior to yesterday’s game, Barcelona had only won once in its previous four games. Xavi acknowledged that his team wanted to prove its detractors wrong, and he was pleased that they did it by thrashing Villarreal with three straight wins.
“We made a tremendous match,” Xavi stated. We were making a lot of demands for just minimal outcomes, so it was difficult,” Xavi added.
There are a lot of expectations for us this season, he continued.
But we have shown our real face, and we reviewed our personality. There is a basic feeling that we have.
When Barcelona defeated Villarreal, Xavi said, “We showed our true face.”
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