Cruyff defended De Jong who received criticism, Xavi admitted "wrong"

The Barcelona midfielder received a score of 3 after the 1: 0 loss to Rayo Vallecano, but "is not for sale".

Coach: "I didn't motivate the players."

And also: the longing for Pika, the unprecedented low, the historic achievement of the winner and all the numbers

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25/04/2022

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Tikatnu - Summary of Sports Events, April 23 (Sports 1)

Just last month, Barcelona still held a streak of 15 games without a loss, but since then the Catalan team has stood on three losses in the last four games, including the one they recorded last night (Sunday) in a 1-0 draw against Rayo Vallecano.

The embarrassing result recorded by Xavi's players against the newcomer to the Spanish league provided quite a few historical and / or particularly rare and impressive data, and you can find all of them later in the article.

The one who received the most criticism was Frankie de Jong.

The Dutch midfielder was replaced in the 60th minute along with Fran Torres and came out in a rage, in "Sport" they gave him the worst score of all the players (3) and in the media it is already reported that the Catalans will agree to sell him to Manchester United for around 70 million euros. Following reports that the Red Devils' coach starting next season, Eric Tenn the brother, is interested in reconnecting with the midfielder who played under him at Ajax and assigning De Jong a senior role in the new project at Old Trafford.

On the other hand, the one who defended de Jong was his compatriot Jordi Cruyff, who spoke at the end of the game and said: "Frankie is a highly regarded player at the club and we have no intention of selling him."

Xavi tried to lift his players when he said: "We are going through a difficult time. I understand the reviews. We are all to blame and not just one player, I take responsibility as a coach. We need our fans now more than ever, they were amazing today."

The coach took responsibility and added: "I made a mistake as a coach, I was not educated to put motivation in the players. I admit it. I can say I was wrong. The referee? I will not talk about what others did. It would be disrespectful. Maybe there was a penalty on Gabi, I did not see close enough ".

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Unprecedented: Rayo Vallecano handed Barcelona a third consecutive home loss

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Can't find solutions.

Xavi (Photo: GettyImages, David S. Bustamante / Soccrates)

The numbers

* For the first time in history, Barcelona recorded three consecutive losses in all competitions at the Camp Nou.

She has had such a streak in the past under Louis van Gaal, but the games split between the 97/98 and 98/99 seasons.

* Rayo Vallecano has beaten Barcelona in both league meetings this season, something they have never been able to do before.

* Rayo even became the fourth newcomer ever to subdue Barça twice that season.

It was preceded by Seville (1935), Hercules (1997) and Salamanca (1998).

Barça will not win without him.

Pedry (Photo: GettyImages, David S. Bustamante / Soccrates)

* This is only Rayo Vallecano's second away win over Barcelona of all time.

The previous one was almost 22 years ago, in May 2000, when she achieved 0: 2 at the Camp Nou.

* The common denominator of all six of Barcelona's losses in the league this season: Federy has not played in any of those games.

* Barcelona can not do without Gerard Pique: In the last 652 minutes of the veteran stopper on the pitch, only two goals were scored for the Blaugrana.

In contrast, in the last 390 minutes without him, the rivals scored eight goals.

Made history.

Rayo Vallecano players celebrate (Photo: GettyImages, LLUIS GENE / AFP)

* More about Pique: In the Xavi era, Barcelona won only half of the games they held when their No. 3 did not start in the squad: three wins, one draw and two losses.

* Barça's defensive problems are also evidenced by the fact that Rayo Vallecano scored with her only kick to the frame throughout the game.

* Rayo's winning hero, Albero Garcia, equaled Joao Felix with a fourth game of the season in which he finds the net within the first 10 minutes.

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