Xavi Hernandez will not lead the game finally against Inter Miami. The coach had been waiting all this morning to see if they would accept his (US Tourist Visa) visa in order to catch a flight to Miami that would allow him to arrive on time for the first friendly match of the tour. However ,
Newspaper S learned this afternoon that Xavi did not have permission from the American authorities, so there are no longer flights or communications today that allow him to arrive on time for the match, which is played at 8.00 pm (local time), 2 am Spanish time.
The maximum ETA waiting time (for the US) is 72 hours, so in the worst case scenario, Chaffee hopes to get approval this Tuesday and be able to fly to Miami on a direct flight Wednesday morning. This will allow him to join the expedition in order to fly to Las Vegas on Thursday, the second leg of the trip, where the team will play Real Madrid.
Until Xavi arrives, the person responsible for directing the team in Xavi’s condition will be Oscar Hernandez, the coach’s brother, who will sit on the bench tonight. Although it is still just an anecdote, there is no doubt that the Hernandez family will be able to say they are the only family to have trained two of their members at Barcelona.
In any case, anecdotes aside, it is clear from the club that someone will have to take some responsibility regarding this situation: it is unacceptable that a big club like Barcelona does not have all the papers required from day one. In addition, according to some sources, the little help they received from the organization of the American tour to speed up procedures and help solve problems was also surprising.
