COACH Real Madrid defeat Barcelona”>Barcelona, Spanish Super Cup | Spanish League”>Xavi Hernandez, was furious and did not accept his team losing 2-3 to Real Madrid in the semifinals of the 2021-2022 Spanish Super Cup, Thursday (13/1/2022) early morning WIB. He considered Barcelona to play better than Real Madrid and deserved to win the game.
The match itself was fierce. Until 90 minutes of the match or normal time ends, the score is as strong as 2-2. However, Real Madrid scored one more goal in extra time so they won 3-2.
(Federico Valverde scores Real Madrid’s winner over Barcelona)
Real Madrid’s goals in this match were scored by Vinicius Jr in the 25th minute, Karim Benzema (72′) and Federico Valverde (98′). Meanwhile, Barcelona goals were scored by Luuk de Jong in the 41st minute and Ansu Fati (83′).
However, Xavi regretted that the Blaugrana-Barcelona’s nickname- failed to match the game of Carlo Ancelotti’s team at the beginning of the first half. If only Barcelona was hot from the start, he judged that Barcelona would 100 percent win the game.
“We controlled the game, except for the first 20 minutes. At that time, we played complicated,” Xavi said after the match, launched from Mundo Deportivo, Thursday (13/1/2022).
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“We took a lot of risks and we didn’t know how to control the transition. In fact, the transition is important,” said Xavi.
On the other hand, the slick game shown by Barcelona was also recognized by the Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti. According to him, the Blaugrana’s game is good because the foster children of Xavi Hernandez have qualified qualities.
“Barcelona have played very well, they have high quality players. It was an important game for everyone,” said Ancelotti.
Furthermore, Real Madrid will play the final of the 2021-2022 Spanish Super Cup which will take place on Monday, January 17, 2022 in the early hours of WIB.
Real Madrid will face the winner of another semifinal, namely, Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao, which has just held a match, Thursday, January 14, 2022 in the early hours of WIB.