“It’s a great joy to go from six points to 12 in a few minutes”
Jordi Cruyffsports director of FC BarcelonaHe highly valued Barça’s victory in the Clásico, above all because of how it came about, although he denied that the League had already been won by the Catalans. “At one point they had just made it 1-2, in a millimeter offside, that’s why that 2-1 was a huge joy, which in a few minutes put us from being six points ahead to being 12, it is the football charm”.
The culé executive highlighted the victory as “a consequence of a good job by the coach, the staff, the team, all united. Twelve points are extremely important, because these two weeks of break will be good for us to recover air and freshness and you can never to win the League”. As an example, he gave the outcome of the Classic. “In football, anything can happen and we saw it in this match, that in a few minutes we were six points behind and ended up at 12. All the professionals know that this is not over.”
As a positive factor, Jordi Cruyff highlighted the communion with the stands. “One of the most beautiful things of the season is seeing the fans so devoted to the team. They are helping like never before, at home and abroad.”
In the development of the match, Cruyff pointed out that “Sergi Roberto’s goal was key, that 1-1 just before the break, because Madrid is a specialist in transitions”. In that sense, he stressed the value of a broad squad “and with players of different profiles.”
Regarding the renewal of Xavi Hernández, although he focused on the fact that “the important thing is to finish the season well as the coach intelligently said, we are and will be in talks because no one can think that he is not there, we are delighted with his work”.
