Amadeu García Barcelona
Barcelona
Updated Monday, February 12, 2024-16:26
Xavi
assured 15 days ago that he was going to stop being the Barça coach on June 30 to relax the atmosphere. But, at least for now, his good intentions have not been matched by actions.
The team has not completely freed itself, which explains the draw against Granada
,
the penultimate team in the table, this past Sunday. And, also, so much tense clash of statements that have been crossed between the still Barcelona coach and the sports director,
Deco
, as well as the explosion of anger that the president,
Joan Laporta
, starred in after the umpteenth setback in Montjuïc so far this year .
That
Xavi
and
Deco
do not exactly share a good harmony is something tremendously evident, no matter how much the Barça coach tried to portray the opposite, precisely, in the press conference prior to the duel against Granada. "The relationship with the sports director has not changed.
I have a friendly relationship with
Deco , it has been said that I do not have a good relationship with him and it is quite the opposite," the coach said last Saturday.
However, the
Nascer do Sol
interview brought to light some statements in which the former Portuguese international seemed to attack his former teammate in the Barça dressing room. "The new direction is fundamental and the president agrees with me on this. A profound change is needed. There is a method that is exhausted," the interview stated.
"We have to discover someone who breaks with the past once and for all and moves towards a new paradigm," insisted the Brazilian in the paper version of this media.
Xavi
, of course, picked up the glove at the press conference after the game against
Granada
. "It's not what communicates to me. He believes in the Barça model and DNA, and he has played here. I can't say anything else, I don't know," the coach stated. The commotion generated was such that the
Nascer do Sol
media outlet had to make public a series of clarifications.
"The phrase spoken by
Deco
in the magazine interview needs clarification. It is not Deco's decision or will to change method or paradigm, but it was
Xavi
who pointed that path with his departure. The poor explanation of the text does not imply the position of Deco nor does it point to his will. Let the note be understood as Deco intends and that is not his position. The misinterpretation of the phrase is the author's fault and not the words of the Barcelona sports director, who is in total agreement with "the president on this issue, as he wanted to emphasize. For our part, we can only accept the bad writing, obviously apologizing to Deco, who has nothing to do with it," the media notes in its digital version.
Mess in the box
For
now
,
_
_
_
_ of the technician, is already clearly in the spotlight.
According to Catalunya Ràdio, his anger was such that, in addition to shouting several times into the air and clearly being in a bad mood, he even threw some of the trays with canapés that were available to the attendees in the Montjuïc antebox. An attitude that, according to the coach, dissipated relatively quickly. "I have spoken with him in the locker room and I have seen him optimistic, as always. We have to continue," the Egarense tried to settle.