The day after his debut for Barcelona in a competitive match, Martín Cáceres says that the squad works hard on dead ball moves in training.
Barça has scored four goals from corners in its last two games – one against Sporting Lisbon
and three against Sporting Gijon – and the Uruguayan says that a lot of work is done on
set-pieces in training. “The boss is really good at that,” he said. “We do a lot
of set-piece work in training and I hope it goes on that way.”
Competition debut
Cáceres hadn’t appeared for Barça since August 7. He played a lot in the first five
preseason games but then was left out until the club’s third League fixture.
In the 81st minute of the Sporting Gijon game he came on as
a substitute for Sergio Busquets to make his debut in a competitive match for Barcelona. The
21-year-old centre back said he was confident before the game but didn’t know for sure if he
would get a run-out.
“The veteran guys want to win things”
“This squad knows what’s what,” said Cáceres, who joined Barça this summer.
“The veteran guys want to win things and they’re helping us to do that.”
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All have made their debuts
Cáceres’s appearance on Sunday means that all the players in the squad have now turned out
for Barça at some stage. The only players not to have appeared at all in the 2008/09 season so far
are José Manuel Pinto and the injured Gaby Milito and Albert Jorquera, though of course the three
have played in previous seasons.