🗣"It's the Champions League, we play at home against an opponent who have nothing to lose, it's going to be a tough game."
🎙|Xavi on the competition
🗣:"The group is complex, the goal is to get to the next round and take every game step by step to reach the Trophy,why not."
🎙|Xavi on the team
🗣:"Since i arrived the team has improved a lot in positional attacking play and pressing, crucial parts of our game that were forgotten in the past years."
🎙|Xavi on the Sevilla game
🗣:"I watched the game and realised most of Sevilla chances in the first 15 minutes were offside, that doesn't change the fact we didn't dominate as we should have and lacked patience."
🎙|Xavi on Pablo Torre
🗣:"He is in the squad and i'm counting on him, we'll see how the game goes tommorow and give him some deserved minutes."
🎙|Xavi on the squad
🗣:"I can say we have the best team in the world and lose tommorow, at the end of the season we will see if we are the best."
🎙|Xavi on Kessie
🗣:"Franck has unique qualities, he needs some time to adapt but he will be crucial in some games."
🎙|Xavi on Dembele
🗣:"From the first day i have seen a Dembele eager to turn his career around, he is a key player for me."
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🎙| Ousmane Dembélé in an interview to @sport on how he made the ‘click’ in his career
🗣: “I got to a situation where I was afraid of injuries, every moment I thought I would get injured, but everything changed with the arrival of Koeman”
🗣: “The beginnings were very difficult, especially the first 3 years. With injuries, good days, and bad days, this is life, in 2020 I was 20 and I had to learn a lot because my experience was average in Rennes and Dortmund.”
🎙️| Ousmane Dembélé in an interview with @mundodeportivo on his renewal
🗣️: "I always told Xavi that I wanted to continue here, if it took a long time it was because of negotiations, but I always said that I wanted to continue at Barça and in the end we are all happy."
@mundodeportivo 🎙️| Ousmane Dembélé on rumours about a pre-agreement with another club
🗣️: "There was none of that, I only spoke with Barça. And I told my representative that it should be only Barça."
@mundodeportivo 🎙️| Ousmane Dembélé if he feared about not continuing
🗣️: "No, never. I dedicated myself to being focused on the field and playing and I was always convinced that I was going to renew, I had a very good relationship with Xavi and also with the president and with Mateu Alemany."
🗣:"i'm very happy with the match we played, it's a shame that we didn't finish our chances but a win at such a rough away stadium is always welcome."
🎙|Xavi on the game
🗣:"The first 15 minutes were hard, but as soon as we settled in, we made the game our own and played amazing . This victory is a sign of the good form we are in."
🎙|Xavi on Gavi
🗣:"Gavi is amazing as always, i watch him every day but today we can say he was a level above everyone else."
🗣:"It was a very difficult game, but our way of playing has been key to achieving victory. Barça always have to have the ball, and if that's the case, we can score many of goals."
🎙|Raphinha about joining Barça
🗣:"I'm very happy, my teammates have helped me a lot to adapt and we have to continue working. I dedicate the goal to my family and my wife in particular, who support me a lot."
🎙|Raphinha on sharing the attack with Lewandowski and Dembele
🗣:"Yes. Before, I used to watch them on TV. Now I play here with them, and I can see their great quality."
🗣:"We will have a very hard game away from home, we have seen that in past years, always we will try to take control of the game from the beginning and score quickly."
🎙|Xavi on Piqué
🗣:"He trains well and he does his own extra sessions.”