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Buccaneer
Wow, so much drama for some simple actually very fair words, here's the translations from http://emily84.tumblr.com/:
Xavi: Well, look, we have to suffer a bit, too… We can’t always win.
Q: You guys have gotten us too used to see you win.
Xavi: Yep…
Q: They were still worked up when they left, yes?
Xavi: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. They were here in the changing room right now, all “aaaah” [makes weird face]. They’re unbelievable. They’re such sore losers [lit.they don’t know how to lose].
Was that a penalty for Alexis or not? It was, wasn’t it? I mean the first incident [not the second], yeah. It totally was.
Q: And Lass, at the 44’ minute, he should’ve been sent off, right?
Xavi: Yes, it was so completely obvious. It’s just that…I don’t get it, it’s like the referee refused to blow the whistle. I even told him… Man, you’ve just shown Messi a yellow, so why the double standards? [He didn’t wanna give Diarra a yellow] because it was the second yellow? Man, that was an obvious foul. It’s completely the player’s fault if he’s doing this criminal tackles.
Yes, it was hard, it was hard. We suffered more than we should have, I think. I mean, we dominated the game, but Madrid obviously… they had nothing to lose; they came here at a disadvantage [because of the 1-2 at the Bernabéu], and we held out for the most part, despite their tackles and their counterattacks, we dominated the game up until the 15’-20’ minute of the second half, when Cristiano scored. We played good football, maybe not to the same level as some other days, but we played well. These games are fun, personally I enjoy them a lot. I had fun. Too bad we had to suffer a bit there, and that the fans had to suffer as well…but this way we’ll be able to value more all the things we’re achieving. Sometimes we get confused, what with all the winning, and the way in which we’re winning…
In the changing room we value this victory a lot. I mean, like I said earlier, we would have loved to win 3-0 or 4-0 and be wayyy superior to Real Madrid. But it wasn’t like that. We were superior in the first leg, on this second leg we were superior until th 20’ minute of the second half, but they, too… I mean, they play well too! They’re, too, an incredible club, they want to win, they compete/fight very hard. That’s why it’s so hard, we are up against a mighty opponent, it’s not easy, not easy at all [to compete against them].
Xavi: Well, look, we have to suffer a bit, too… We can’t always win.
Q: You guys have gotten us too used to see you win.
Xavi: Yep…
Q: They were still worked up when they left, yes?
Xavi: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. They were here in the changing room right now, all “aaaah” [makes weird face]. They’re unbelievable. They’re such sore losers [lit.they don’t know how to lose].
Was that a penalty for Alexis or not? It was, wasn’t it? I mean the first incident [not the second], yeah. It totally was.
Q: And Lass, at the 44’ minute, he should’ve been sent off, right?
Xavi: Yes, it was so completely obvious. It’s just that…I don’t get it, it’s like the referee refused to blow the whistle. I even told him… Man, you’ve just shown Messi a yellow, so why the double standards? [He didn’t wanna give Diarra a yellow] because it was the second yellow? Man, that was an obvious foul. It’s completely the player’s fault if he’s doing this criminal tackles.
Yes, it was hard, it was hard. We suffered more than we should have, I think. I mean, we dominated the game, but Madrid obviously… they had nothing to lose; they came here at a disadvantage [because of the 1-2 at the Bernabéu], and we held out for the most part, despite their tackles and their counterattacks, we dominated the game up until the 15’-20’ minute of the second half, when Cristiano scored. We played good football, maybe not to the same level as some other days, but we played well. These games are fun, personally I enjoy them a lot. I had fun. Too bad we had to suffer a bit there, and that the fans had to suffer as well…but this way we’ll be able to value more all the things we’re achieving. Sometimes we get confused, what with all the winning, and the way in which we’re winning…
In the changing room we value this victory a lot. I mean, like I said earlier, we would have loved to win 3-0 or 4-0 and be wayyy superior to Real Madrid. But it wasn’t like that. We were superior in the first leg, on this second leg we were superior until th 20’ minute of the second half, but they, too… I mean, they play well too! They’re, too, an incredible club, they want to win, they compete/fight very hard. That’s why it’s so hard, we are up against a mighty opponent, it’s not easy, not easy at all [to compete against them].
