After the shock against Mallorca, Xavi, the Barça coach, pointed out the defensive weaknesses of his team.
Barça conceded a draw this Tuesday against Mallorca (2-2). A result which could cost the Blaugranas, provisional leaders with 17 points, in the event of a victory for Girona (16 points) and/or Real Madrid (15 points), this Wednesday for the close of the 7th day of La Liga. Facing Javier Aguirre’s men, the Catalans’ goalkeeper, André Ter Stegen, was guilty of two big errors in the two goals conceded by the Culés during the match. Errors highlighted by Barcelona coach, Xavi, during his time at a press conference. The Spaniard, however, wanted not to place the full weight of this failure on the German’s shoulders.
“The problem is that they took the lead in the 8th minute because of a mistake made with the ball. Then, while we were playing better, we made another defensive error (Oriol Romeu and Ronald Araujo also involved, editor’s note)… It’s a big blow, because these two errors should not have happened, especially in a close and intense match like this. (…) We need to improve defensively. Last season we were more solid. Today (yesterday, editor’s note), we were focused but these mistakes are not correct, and we did not win because of these mistakes. thus judged the former metronome of the Catalans.
