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Xavi Pascual has officially returned to FC Barcelona\u2019s bench, and during his introductory press conference<\/a> he immediately set the tone: no looking back\u2014only the present and the immediate goals matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will never make any reference to the past,\u201d he said. \u201cI have great respect for Joan Pe\u00f1arroya. From now on, we will only talk about what we do\u2014good or bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pascual thanked interim coach Oscar Orellana, who led Bar\u00e7a to a 3-0 week before his arrival: \u201cWe have to congratulate Oscar and his staff for three important wins. The players showed intensity and focus; we are ready to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Catalan coach, who previously led the club from 2008 to 2016, admitted he had always envisioned a return: \u201cI\u2019ve been waiting for this call for eight years. Everyone kept telling me I would come back. I didn\u2019t know when, but I always felt it might happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

His objectives are clear and uncompromising: \u201cI have come back to win. At Bar\u00e7a, there are no transition seasons. We want to compete for every title.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pascual emphasized that every player and every staff member will start from scratch: \u201cI will make decisions based on what I see. I haven\u2019t replaced anyone because I want everyone to have the chance to show their value.\u201d<\/p>\n

The coach concluded by stressing that he\u2019s not here to plan for the distant future, but to make an impact right away: \u201cThis is Bar\u00e7a. We play to win now. I told the players: I\u2019m not here to build for next season\u2014I\u2019m here because I believe we can achieve great things immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThis is Bar\u00e7a. We play to win now. I told the players: I\u2019m not here to build for next season\u2014I\u2019m here because I believe we can achieve great things immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":470482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[34,82],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-470488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acb","category-euroleague"],"yoast_head":"\nXavi Pascual: At Bar\u00e7a, there are no transition seasons. 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