Quotes from Luis Enrique during pre-BATE press conference
"We want to play a complete game, improve things that we did in the first game against BATE and win to keep our 1st place."
"Regardless of what can happen in the stands before the game we know that the fans will be with us when we play."
"Halloween costumes? Players' statement is clear, won't enter. We know everything here is manipulated in a negative way."
"In my time there was no Halloween, we just has the Carnaval. For some of you some costumes would come in handy sometimes."
"What happened on Saturday was that we played a good game & won. Everything else is part of the circus that surrounds football"
"Recovery Messi going slower, could miss clasico? Don't know about that, recovery is going as planned."
"Sergi Roberto being called up to the national team would be great. He's more than ready, but it's hard to get there."
"Vermaelen being fit is great news for us. He's full of confidence."
"Halilovic? He's lucky, because I almost watch every game of Sporting... He's at a good team to prepare to be at Barça."
"Halilovic is showing that he has a great quality, but he has to improve in many aspects, he's still very young."
"4-4-2 is an option? No, it's not. But you adapt to the players that are available and on how you can hurt the opponent."
"I don't feel like we've been through any strange situations, I'm more than happy with our current standing, there's a lot left"
"I adapt to the players available and how we can hurt the opponent."