Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez expressed his great happiness over his team’s 4-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao, during the meeting that brought the two teams together on Sunday evening at Camp Nou, in the 26th round of the La Liga competition.
Xavi said in statements after the match: “I am very happy, scoring four goals against Athletic is not easy at all, the feelings are still good, we are working very well in training and we continue to be humble, our communication with the stands is also exceptional.”
On Ousmane Dembele, he said: “His future belongs to the club. I do not interfere. I am happy for him. He is professional and I benefit from him on the field.”
On Pedri, Xavi commented: “Pedri is great, he reminds me a lot of Iniesta because of how easy he is to do everything, and I haven’t seen a lot of talent like that.”
Barcelona is in fourth place in the La Liga standings this season with 45 points, while Bilbao is in eighth place with 37 points.
Barcelona lacked the efforts of left-back Jordi Alba to be suspended, while the absence of Ansu Fati, Samuel Umtiti, Sergi Roberto and Alejandro Baldi continues due to injury.
