Getafe 0-0 Barcelona: After the goalless draw against Getafe, Xavi has complained about the poor quality of the turf in the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez. However, the Barcelona coach does not want to use it as an excuse for the second goalless draw in a row in La Liga.
Xavi complains about Getafe’s turf after historic low in La Liga
Because of those results against Girona (0-0) and Getafe (0-0), Barcelona wrote history. It had not happened since the 1993/94 season that Barça had drawn goalless in two league games in a row. That also happened in 2005, but then it was in two separate seasons. Including the lost cup match with Real Madrid (0-4) and the final phase of the won league match with Elche (0-4), Barça has been waiting 290 minutes for a goal.
Goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen did not have a good word for Getafe’s turf afterwards and Xavi agreed. “Of course that hurt us, but we already knew that when we trained on a dry field yesterday,” the coach told DAZN afterwards. “I’ve been criticized a lot for saying this, but today everyone saw it. It is difficult to play football in this way, the ball does not roll. It’s bad for the public, even for Getafe.”
Xavi did not want to use it as an excuse for the second consecutive loss of points in La Liga. “We have to pick ourselves up. We need to create more offensively, but we have a point. And given all the inconveniences we have, that’s not bad,” the club icon probably refers to the lack of creatives Ousmane Dembélé, Frenkie de Jong and Pedri and the failure of Sergi Roberto, who suffered from a hamstring early on.
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It does not alter the fact that Xavi thinks that Barcelona cannot afford to relax. “Nothing has been decided yet, so we can’t fall asleep. We are having a good season in La Liga, but there are a number of important games coming up,” he said under next Sunday’s top match against Atlético Madrid. Xavi hopes to have De Jong and Pedri back by then. “It should not be an excuse, the selection is good enough. We are eleven points ahead.”
