{"id":70813,"date":"2024-03-13T15:01:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T15:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/napoli-win-one-of-best-moments-as-barca-coach-xavi-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T15:01:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T15:01:07","slug":"napoli-win-one-of-best-moments-as-barca-coach-xavi-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/napoli-win-one-of-best-moments-as-barca-coach-xavi-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Napoli win one of best moments as Barca coach: Xavi | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nBARCELONA:
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Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez<\/a> said beating Napoli to reach the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday was one of his finest moments in his post.<\/p>\n

The Spanish champions won 3-1 at the Olympic Stadium to seal a 4-2 aggregate win against last year’s Serie A winners, returning to the last eight for the first time since 2020.<\/p>\n

“There has been a lot of unfair criticism, (that we were) the joke of the Champions League, we had to play with that pressure,” Xavi told a news conference.<\/p>\n

“We had to be better than Napoli<\/a> and we were, it’s a more than deserved qualification, it’s one of my best moments as Barcelona coach.”<\/p>\n

The coach said he would not change his mind about leaving at the end of the season, a decision he took in January. Since then the team have gone nine matches unbeaten.<\/p>\n

Centre-back Pau Cubarsi, 17, was given the player of the match award and Xavi lavished praise on the young defender, key in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

“He’s a very rational kid, he’s got a lot of brains, he’s patient, he’s very humble, he wants to improve,” said Xavi.<\/p>\n

“His sudden emergence is wonderful for Barcelona and Spanish football — we’re looking at a top-level defender for years to come.”<\/p>\n

Like Xavi, Cubarsi said this was a match to remember. “This has been one of the best days of my life,” Cubarsi told Movistar.<\/p>\n

“The team deserves this player of the match trophy, I’m so happy, but we’re a group.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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