FC Barcelona as they were held to a 1-1
draw against an impressive Real
Sociedad.
Manager Luis Enrique gave his thoughts
on the match soon after the final whistle,
admitting that Eusebio ’s men were the
better side and that a point was a good
result:
“If we look at the result it is the best of
the season. The opponents were far
superior,” the manager conceded.
"Football is so capricious that even we
could have won with Denis’ chance, but
it would not have been just."
“Most teams try to get the better of us
by defending but they played a good
game, trying to play with the ball, and
they deserved the three points.”
“In the second half, the game was more
even, but not enough to compete for the
match. The opponents pressed with six
players in our own half which made it
difficult to get out. And there were
infinite duels which we did not win.”
"We are in Week 13, you can't discount
the champions from the past two
seasons. There is still a long way to go"
Gerard Piqué
Gerard Piqué agrees with his manager
Gerard Piqué echoed the words of Luis
Enrique after the game, saying that “we
have to give credit to La Real, they
played a magnificent game”.
“They did not allow us to play our game
with their high pressing,” the Catalan
defender noted. Piqué looked to be in
some pain from the first half, and hopes
we will be fit for next week’s Clásico: “I
hope that I can be in a condition to play
on Saturday”.
He also sent a warning to his
teammates, saying that “it will be
difficult to win the league (playing) like
this”.
Denis Suárez
"We have try to go all out. Today we
were overwhelmed in the first half, and
we corrected it in the second.”
“There are plenty of games ahead.”
“A draw is not enough, we always aim to
win. Our objective is always to win.”
“In the end we managed to get a draw
which could prove very valuable.”
“There are no excuses, we have been
playing midweek games for years. No
excuse is good enough.”
Jordi Alba
“The league is still open, many games
are still remaining.”
“Today La Real were superior. We
improved in the second half but they
played a very good game.”
“When an opponent plays better we have
to admit it. We aim to play a good game
in the cup, before focusing on El
Clásico.”
“The game against Madrid is one that we
all want to win.”
“We struggled to get out (of the
defensive third) with the ball because
they pressured us well.”
“Now we can only wait for the game on
Saturday and if we win we will be able to
fight for La Liga.”
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