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13.03.2007 16:49

Eusebio: “We are very keen to win the double”

Eusebio Sacristán is thrilled by the possibility of winning the League and Cup double. “The aim should be for our sense of identity to help us maintain our regularity though the final stages of the season”.

FC Barcelona are back on top of the League, and the third manager, Eusebio Sacristán, has told Barça TV’s Zona Mixta programme just how keen the team is to perform well in the two tournaments still at stake. “We want to win the double, and we are in a good position to do so. That would make this a great season”, he said. He is aware that winning any titles is a major challenge, but that a third league championship in a row would be an extraordinary achievement.

A very valuable point

Eusebio was very proud of the way his team fought back to take a point out of the Madrid game. “We managed to regain the impetus and fighting spirit that we were missing and were able to overcome the adversities” he said. And now it is time to look ahead and start forgetting some of the difficult moments “with the right mentality and enthusiasm we need to win more titles”.

3-4-3, one additional weapon

As a former members of the Dream Team, there are few people with a better idea than Eusebio of what playing a 3-4-3 can achieve. As he said today “at La Romareda that tactic worked to perfection and managed to surprise the opposition”. But at Anfield he argued “we didn’t find the spaces we needed”. Then they tried it again against Madrid, and the conclusion seems to be that “we have a weapon for countering the kinds of difficulties the opposition might create”.

Looking for regularity

Looking at the remaining games the main challengers for the league title have, it seems that Barça seem to have the best schedule. But Eusebio does not think it is a good idea to start comparing different fixture lists and says “the aim should be for our sense of identity to help us maintain our regularity though the final stages of the season”.