Xavi: “We need to decide when to dominate”

His analysis “changed in the second part. bet They dominated some stages, tied us, Ansu scored a great goal and we dominated again and Loren tied us with a great goal. Finally, Ter Stegen pointed out the differences. It is a desired ending. It was our first goal and now we want to win it. We lost against a great opponent. We did not know how to defend as well as the Metropolitan. The game took a long time for us.”

“It’s not just set pieces, we’ve had a lot of unnecessary losses. We need to mature the games. We scored the second goal and missed the third goal. It’s been happening to us since the World Cup break”, Blaugrana coach said in the microphones of the ‘Movistar Supercopa’. As he added, “we don’t know why we have it. that decline We talked about it and saw it in the video. There are many young players on the roster and maybe that affects us too much. We competed and we are in the final.”

Xavi praised his performance. Ter Stegen. “It makes a difference. I’m very happy with it. It’s the icing on the cake. For two penalties and the final. Let’s race and win.”

faced the final before real Madrid, “I always want to play and beat the best. I think Real Madrid is one of the best right now,” he commented. And he concluded by saying, “This Super Cup The season won’t change us much. We want to win, but we will continue to fight for three titles no matter what.”

Pedri: “I hope it will be the first of many games”

Pedri was selected as the best player from the second semi-final. But the Tenerife midfielder once again showed his humility. teammate Marc André points to Ter Stegen as the most decisive player Summary of the match: “He deserved it much more than I did because we are in the final thanks to his saves”.

The midfielder was excited for this first final of his ‘Xavi era’ as coach: “I didn’t pay attention to Real Madrid’s celebration because we were focused on our own work. We’re very excited to take the championship home because we all want championships. I hope it will be the first of many championships for Xavi as a coach.“.

Pedri foresees a very tough match against Real Madrid: “As always, we will go out to dominate the game. We know what we need to improve in the league after the defeat at the Santiago Bernabéu, but we also know that he is not there. He will not be a burden, because wherever he is “It’s a team that has always played well. We’ll have to play really hard to win the final.” The Tenerife man said that the choice of shooter in the penalty shootout “was the decision of Sergio Alegre, who is in charge of the strategy of the whole team. Fortunately we were all able to score”.

He made a reflection similar to his coach’s regarding the match: “We are not closing the games. It is difficult for us not to relax after the first goal. We have to change that and move on to the second and third goals.” because if you leave a team like Betis, it can hurt you a lot”.

Ansu Fati: “You should always be one hundred percent because if you’re not…”

Blaugrana played an erratic game, with some very good football moments and other moments when the Andalusian team, Xavi, who made too many mistakes, broke the draw. Among the most outstanding football players Ansu Fati shines in his own lightThe one that ends the game very happy but looks very serene, because the truth is nothing has been won yet.

“It was a tough game, Betis are a great team and we finally won on penalties. The important thing is we’re in the final.” but asking his teammates to always be on the alert: “This is football, we have to be prepared for any situation, the opponent plays too and Betis is a great team. We must always be one hundred percent because if not, that’s it”, told ‘Barça TV’.

On a personal level, he was “happy to help the team with that goal, but the important thing is to be in the final.” He also congratulated Ter Stegen: “He’s a crackhead, he showed it again in this game and I’m happy for him.”

Ter Stegen: “I would like to work less”

Marc André Ter Stegen became the main character Victory. The German goalkeeper intercepted two shots from Juanmi and Carvalho, but made decisive interceptions during the match to give the blaugrana team options. So much so that at the end of the meeting he thought, “I wish I had less work.”

The Blaugrana goalkeeper shared the most two penalty credits saved with the team. technical staff: “What you see and read isn’t always what happens. It finally happened by chance and this time it touched us, but it’s true that I’ve been on a very good level both personally and physically for a year. Thanks to having an amazing team that keeps me improving every day.”

Acknowledging that Betis tortured them, Ter Stegen said: “We were good in the first half, we had a lot of possession, but it was difficult for us in the second half because they had the advantage in midfield with the change they made. In the second half we had more control and the ball and we were obviously tired but the important thing is It was to be in the final and here we are.”

Regarding the duel with Real Madrid on Sunday, Ter Stegen said, “Everyone wants to see a Barça-Madrid. Here too. We are very happy to play and win such matches.”