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FC Barcelona's assistant manager admits that "we intended to extend our advantage over Real Madrid," but, despite the result, he's pleased "with the team's attitude." He adds: "They fought until the end"
"It was a very complicated match. It's always difficult here. The team worked hard and we had our chances," says Roura
On the possible no-call penalty on Adriano at the end of the match: "the images are sufficiently clear and eloquent"
“This is the league. We came in with a 16-point gap and we wanted to extend our advantage over Real Madrid,” said Jordi Roura in the press room of the Santiago Bernabéu. After the match, the Blaugrana manager said, “we have to pleased with the team’s attitude. We had our chances of winning points. We’re coming off of a fairly difficult week and we had to play in a difficult stadium and the team fought until the end.” He added: “it was a very complicated match. The team worked hard and we had out chances. It’s obvious, however, that the result is what counts.”
Along the same lines, he said, “we’ve had a couple of hard weeks with a lot of very intense matches with few days to rest. But I don’t think we have a physical problem. Despite the result, we had our chances to win points.”
“We tried to control the game”
“We tried to always have control of the match and I think we did that throughout most of the game. We didn’t want the match to break down. But perhaps we weren’t solid enough in the first minutes, when Madrid were strong and very dangerous,” said Roura, who went on to say that’s why his team opted to retain the ball for longer periods of time. “Real Madrid’s style is to take advantage of your errors and that’s why it was important retain control.”
Lastly, on the possible penalty not called in the final minutes of the match, the assistant manager simply said that “the images are sufficiently clear and eloquent.”
Jordi Alba
The left back says that a "draw would have been the fairest result" against Real Madrid
On FC Barcelona's upcoming matches, the Catalan notes: "We have to give it our all and even more so when we play against Milan. We have confidence in ourselves"
After this afternoon’s match, FC Barcelona hold a 13-point advantage over Real Madrid in the league. Alba, who spoke to the press after the match, said: “we’re leaving without any points but we know we have a good advantage over Atlético and Real Madrid.” In addition, he said, “it was a fairly equal match and a draw would have been the fairest result.” After two bad results against Madrid, the full back said, “we have to give it our all and even more so against Milan. We have confidence in ourselves.”
Looking forward
“We managed to have possession, but they hurt us on set pieces and long balls,” said Alba. The full back, however, would like to move on after today’s defeat to Madrid: “we need to leave this behind and focus on the match against Deportivo and Milan.”
Alba also explained his gesture to the Madrid fans after Messi’s goal: “my gesture to the fans wasn’t bad, I used my index finger to show that Messi is the best in the world and that he deserves the praise.”
Gerard Pique
Gerard Piqué, who also talked to the press after the match, declared: “we were a little better today than we were at the Camp Nou, but we have to give a lot more of ourselves.” He added: “we weren’t fluid like we usually are and we’re missing certain things. We’ve had these bad moments when we won a lot of titles, but we have to end this poor streak as soon as possible ... I don’t think it’s the right moment to criticize our style of play, we’ve secured a lot of good results with it.”
The Blaugrana centre back didn’t hide his disappointment with this afternoon's defeat at the Bernabéu: “we know that when you come to the Bernabéu you have to be very superior to Real Madrid in order to win.” Despite the setback, Piqué wants to focus on the future: “we’re confident that we’ll eliminate Milan, but first we have to defeat Deportivo ... we have the right team to get out of this situation."
"It was a very complicated match. It's always difficult here. The team worked hard and we had our chances," says Roura
On the possible no-call penalty on Adriano at the end of the match: "the images are sufficiently clear and eloquent"
“This is the league. We came in with a 16-point gap and we wanted to extend our advantage over Real Madrid,” said Jordi Roura in the press room of the Santiago Bernabéu. After the match, the Blaugrana manager said, “we have to pleased with the team’s attitude. We had our chances of winning points. We’re coming off of a fairly difficult week and we had to play in a difficult stadium and the team fought until the end.” He added: “it was a very complicated match. The team worked hard and we had out chances. It’s obvious, however, that the result is what counts.”
Along the same lines, he said, “we’ve had a couple of hard weeks with a lot of very intense matches with few days to rest. But I don’t think we have a physical problem. Despite the result, we had our chances to win points.”
“We tried to control the game”
“We tried to always have control of the match and I think we did that throughout most of the game. We didn’t want the match to break down. But perhaps we weren’t solid enough in the first minutes, when Madrid were strong and very dangerous,” said Roura, who went on to say that’s why his team opted to retain the ball for longer periods of time. “Real Madrid’s style is to take advantage of your errors and that’s why it was important retain control.”
Lastly, on the possible penalty not called in the final minutes of the match, the assistant manager simply said that “the images are sufficiently clear and eloquent.”
Jordi Alba
The left back says that a "draw would have been the fairest result" against Real Madrid
On FC Barcelona's upcoming matches, the Catalan notes: "We have to give it our all and even more so when we play against Milan. We have confidence in ourselves"
After this afternoon’s match, FC Barcelona hold a 13-point advantage over Real Madrid in the league. Alba, who spoke to the press after the match, said: “we’re leaving without any points but we know we have a good advantage over Atlético and Real Madrid.” In addition, he said, “it was a fairly equal match and a draw would have been the fairest result.” After two bad results against Madrid, the full back said, “we have to give it our all and even more so against Milan. We have confidence in ourselves.”
Looking forward
“We managed to have possession, but they hurt us on set pieces and long balls,” said Alba. The full back, however, would like to move on after today’s defeat to Madrid: “we need to leave this behind and focus on the match against Deportivo and Milan.”
Alba also explained his gesture to the Madrid fans after Messi’s goal: “my gesture to the fans wasn’t bad, I used my index finger to show that Messi is the best in the world and that he deserves the praise.”
Gerard Pique
Gerard Piqué, who also talked to the press after the match, declared: “we were a little better today than we were at the Camp Nou, but we have to give a lot more of ourselves.” He added: “we weren’t fluid like we usually are and we’re missing certain things. We’ve had these bad moments when we won a lot of titles, but we have to end this poor streak as soon as possible ... I don’t think it’s the right moment to criticize our style of play, we’ve secured a lot of good results with it.”
The Blaugrana centre back didn’t hide his disappointment with this afternoon's defeat at the Bernabéu: “we know that when you come to the Bernabéu you have to be very superior to Real Madrid in order to win.” Despite the setback, Piqué wants to focus on the future: “we’re confident that we’ll eliminate Milan, but first we have to defeat Deportivo ... we have the right team to get out of this situation."
