The historic former Mexican footballer Rafael Marquez had an appearance on the 9th forum Coach Day, organized by the Catalan Football Federation and took the opportunity to express his pleasure about being able to return to work at the culé institution.
It should be remembered that the ‘Mexican Kaiser’ has been one of the best central defenders in recent times and in the history of the Blaugrana team, in addition, he was part of one of the best teams of all time together with Xavi Hernandez, current coach of FC Barcelona.
During his participation in the forum, he was asked how long it would take to say yes to Xavi Hernandez to return to the Barça club in case he received an invitation to be part of his coaching staff, to which he replied “before picking up the phone.”
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The five-time World Cup player with the Mexican national team pointed out what it means to have the philosophy of Xavi Hernandez inside the club.
“I already saw him on the pitch. His way of understanding is quite clear and evidence that he is qualified to coach Barcelona. Knowing him, I know that he will not change his style of play, because it is an essential part of his philosophy.”
– Rafael Marquez.
In addition, he pointed out that you have to be patient with him, because things are not going to change so quickly overnight and there are many young footballers who are on the way to develop.
“Xavi has had little time to work with the entire squad, so you have to be patient, but he is excited and is imposing his rules,” he said.
“The squad is capable, there are many young people with a lot to develop yet; Xavi is up front and it can be an advantage to have ex-teammates in the dressing room,” he said.
Finally, he expressed that it will be difficult to catch up with the rivals this season, because in the domestic tournament there is a lot of difference in points between their rivals, due to the bad start of the campaign.
“There are many points of difference and seeing the level of other teams it will be difficult for Barça to reach them. I trust that the team will return to an important level so that it can continue competing,” he said.
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