Eight matches remain on this contemporary marketing campaign of La Liga and the winners are still but to be determined. At this cutting-edge degree of the season, Real Madrid pinnacle the desk with a 9 point benefit over second positioned Sevilla, and a 12 point cushion on Barca and Atletico who proportion the equal points haul in 3rd and 4th positions respectively.
Levante are Barca's next fighters. The groups will conflict it out within the Ciutat de Valencia at 21:00 CET this Sunday. Ahead of the suit, Xavi spooke to the media.
"The 'Granotas' have extra motivation. We're a large crew, they may be gambling for survival...", he said about his next fighters. "It's going to be complex, it will be just like the Frankfurt game", he commented. "We want the 3 factors and I do not think we've got carried out well at their area within the previous few years", he persevered.
Xavi defined how he's feeling about Pique: "He's running surely difficult. He's had niggles for approximately two months however he does not have a genuine damage. The other day I rested him because he failed to sense at his fittest, he said he couldn't do any greater. We'll have to see how he feels now. I hope he'll be fine for the second leg towards Frankfurt".
In phrases of the feasible renewal of Sergi Roberto's agreement, he left the ball inside the Barca board's facet of the court: "They recognise my thoughts. The events have to come to an settlement. Next week he should start operating with the institution. The contract scenario depends on him and the club".
He additionally took benefit to send a message to Dembele: "I do not have a hassle with him, completely the other truly. He helps loads. He's a expert and committed player. Few others have his one on one ability. He's supporting us", he discovered.
Xavi admitted that the suit against Frankfurt inside the first leg in their Europa League area very last tie did no longer cross as he could have favored. "We didn't float. I idea approximately this once I became looking it live and it's been showed after looking the sport returned. We lost the ball plenty. We did end our plays and we did plenty of factors wrong. The pitch didn't help both however we must be self important..", he concluded.
