Coach Xavi has received some criticism after being rude to a Man United player.
Tomorrow morning (February 24), the match between Manchester United and Barcelona in the second leg of the Europa League Play off will take place. In the first leg, the two teams gave the audience an extremely attractive match with four goals divided equally for each side.
Barca were the ones who took the lead thanks to Marcos Alonso’s goal, but soon after, MU scored two goals from Marcus Rashford and an own goal by Jules Kounde to have a 2-1 advantage. However, after only a short time, Raphinha helped the Nou Camp team equalize the score 2-2, thereby closing the heroic scene with a dramatic draw.
On the eve of the rematch, coach Xavi expressed his impression of his colleague on the other side of the front line, Erik Ten Hag. “He’s very nice, I like him a lot,” Xavi said. “He’s built a team and is bringing out the best in all of his players. That says good thing about him. He’s very good tactically and handles the dressing room very well. Good.”
Coach Xavi can’t remember Bruno Fernandes’ name
In addition, the former Spain player continued to praise the work that Ten Hag has done to improve each player, including Bruno Fernandes. Notably, coach Xavi Hernandez could not remember Bruno’s name but only called him ‘Portuguese guy’.
“He’s getting all the talent out of his players. You see Jadon Sancho, Rashford, the Portuguese guy (Bruno Fernandes). And look at the way Fred plays,” Xavi added .
Immediately, this interview made Man Utd fans angry. They consider it a disrespectful gesture to the opponent from Xavi. One person wrote on Twitter: “There is a lack of respect for Bruno. I hope the Portuguese will score tomorrow and celebrate in front of Xavi.”
“Time to teach the “Spanish guy” a lesson tomorrow night.” , another person continued. ‘Portuguese guy?!? “Portuguese boy” has a name, and his name is Bruno Fernandes…’ , MU fans expressed outrage.
