We were better in all the games against Girona and Real Madrid, Xavi is clear. Will this jeopardise his stay at Camp Nou?

Barcelona defeated Girona 4:2 and Real Madrid celebrated their La Liga victory. Moreover, this season’s comet is now in 2nd place ahead of FCB and can continue to dream of historic success. On the other hand, the 3rd place of Xavi’s charges would definitely not bring praise.

The course of the match

Barcelona entered the match actively. In the 3rd minute, Andreas Christensen got to Lamin Yamal’s centre and opened the scoring with a shot to the back post. However, the Blaugranas’ lead did not last long. Immediately after the kick-off Girona were on the attack, Ivan Martin’s centre found the head of Artem Dovbyk, who equalised in a flash.

However, the visitors did not give up and went ahead for the second time in the match. A foul on Yamal was only reviewed by VAR and a penalty was whistled. Robert Lewnadowski handled the opportunity as he should and sent Barca back into the lead.

After the break, however, the home side went on a scoring spree. Portu came into the game in the 65th minute, and equalized in the same minute after a pass from Dovbyk. Another 2 minutes later, it was Portu who offered Miguel Gutiérrez the opportunity to send Girona into the lead.

the 22-year-old Spanish defender must have been in a state of weightlessness at that moment. For he had transferred to Girona from Real Madrid for 4 million in 2022 and now, with his strike against their age-old rival, he had ensured the White Ballet’s early title celebrations.

Girona still couldn’t get enough and in the 74th minute Portu scored again. Savio sent a fluffy centre on the Spaniard, Portu dug in, the shot curled straight to the far post and Marc-André ter Stegen merely tracked the flying ball behind him.

Xavi’s press conference

“In all the games against Girona and against Real Madrid we were better, we just couldn’t win. We need to change and improve a lot to be competitive next year, we can’t lose these games,” the Spanish legend kicked off the press conference.

“This result will in no way affect my decision to stay at Barcelona,” Xavi concluded the press conference. However, it should be noted that for the duel with Girona, Barcelona can thank goalkeeper ter Stegen for grabbing another 3-4 chances, otherwise the goal difference would have been much bigger.

Source: LaLiga, Twitter