Barcelona with 11 league games without a loss, Torres: "Xavi changed the team"

The Catalans climbed to third place with 1: 2 over Elche, the striker praised the coach: "We play in the style he wants."

Xavi: "I was angry at the players at the break"

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07/03/2022

Monday, 07 March 2022, 07:38

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Summary of Barcelona's 2: 4 victory over Napoli (Sport 1)

True, this time it has not won a quartet, but Barcelona have continued their tremendous momentum since January.

The Catalans defeated Elche 1: 2 last night (Sunday) and climbed to third place with a league game 11 in a row without a loss.

After three consecutive quartets, the Catalans fell behind surprisingly but Xavi responded with two substitutions that made the difference.

First substitute Fran Torres equalized and Memphis Depay completed a makeover in a penalty shootout, with his second goal in the second game since returning from injury.

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Two games, two goals.

Memphis (Photo: GettyImages, Quality Sport Images)

Barcelona were relegated from third place to Betis, who later lost to Atletico Madrid who also advanced to the top four along with Real Madrid and Sevilla.

Xavi referred after the game to his team's bad first half and said: "I went down at a very nervous break, we were behind even though we created a lot of situations. Badia (Elche goalkeeper) was excellent. I'm sure if we had played smarter, we would have won. Our strikers did "Excellent work in the second half."

Memphis DePay, who scored the winning goal, said: "We played well and created a lot of situations. We managed to win and we are in good shape. I knew how I was going to kick the penalty."

Fran Torres who came in and scored said: "We did not lose patience and kept the ball. We got what we wanted. We underwent a very big change with Xavi. We play the style he wants. I am here to give everything for Barcelona. It was a tough game in a difficult stadium, But we are happy. "

Next Sunday, Barcelona will host Ossona, three days after hosting Glatsray in the Europa League quarter-finals, and if in the league game the stopper Ronald Araujo receives a yellow card, he will be absent from the Clasico against Real Madrid a week later at the Santiago Bernabeu.

On this last night Xavi said: "He is an excellent footballer who has improved a lot since I arrived, he is constantly advancing and proving that he is one of the best defensive players."

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