{"id":172776,"date":"2021-12-13T07:15:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T08:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=172776"},"modified":"2021-12-13T08:58:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T08:58:23","slug":"xavi-concerned-by-barcelonas-reliance-on-youngsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=172776","title":{"rendered":"Xavi concerned by Barcelona\u2019s reliance on youngsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                Xavi has voiced his concerns over Barcelona needing their young stars to &#8216;prop them up&#8217;.<br \/>\nThe Catalans conceded an 86th-minute equaliser against Osasuna on Sunday, dropping points yet again.<br \/>\nYoungsters Gavi, Nico and Abde were among the standout performers for Barcelona and while that is a source of encouragement for the future, Xavi admits he needs his senior players to shoulder more responsibility.<br \/>\n&#8220;Abde, Gavi and Nico were extraordinary, they are propping up the team in difficult moments,&#8221; Xavi declared in his post-match press conference.<br \/>\n&#8220;The youngsters are making a difference and that is difficult to digest.<br \/>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s positive and negative because they won&#8217;t always be able to perform excellent because they are young.<br \/>\n&#8220;They can&#8217;t be the props, other players have to work. We all have to demand more from each other.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Xavi has voiced his concerns over Barcelona needing their young stars to \u2018prop them up\u2019.<br \/>\nThe Catalans conceded an 86th-minute equaliser against Osasuna on Sunday, dropping points yet again.<br \/>\nYoungsters Gavi, Nico and Abde were among the standout performers for Barcelona and while that is a source of encouragement for the future, Xavi admits he needs his senior players to shoulder more responsibility.<br \/>\n\u201cAbde, Gavi and Nico were extraordinary, they are propping up the team in difficult moments,\u201d Xavi declared in his post-match press conference.<br \/>\n\u201cThe youngsters are making a difference and that is difficult to digest.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s positive and negative because they won\u2019t always be able to perform excellent because they are young.<br \/>\n\u201cThey can\u2019t be the props, other players have to work. We all have to demand more from each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=172776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172777,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172776\/revisions\/172777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=172776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=172776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=172776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}