“We didn’t get the three points, but we have to keep going”
Jordi Clos
Víctor Valdés spoke about the Getafe game and the team’s preparations for their visit to Sporting Lisbon in Portugal. “Champions League games are always pretty tense affairs,” he said.
Despite playing well, this Sunday Barça let slip two points at home to Getafe (1-1). The team is
still the League leader but the players know they missed out on a good opportunity to extend their
lead. Speaking at a press conference, Víctor Valdés said that “we didn’t win and get
the three points, but we have to keep going.”
Getafe were good
“Getafe were well positioned on the pitch, very disciplined and took advantage of any
mistakes to hit us on the break,” said the Barça keeper. Messi being absent was not, however,
the reason why a run of nine League wins on the bounce came to an end. “Leo’s really
important and when he doesn’t play of course he’s missed,” commented Valdés.
“But there’s no question of depending on individuals when all the players have the
quality to lead the team.”
Media critic
As far as Víctor Valdés is concerned, the draw is
no big deal. “We weren’t so great beforehand and we aren’t so bad now,” he
argued. Talking about the media reaction, he commented that “People like to have a pop when
you have a minor slip-up, when recently the front pages were full of praise.”
Champions League tension
Barça’s next game is on Wednesday away at Sporting Lisbon in Portugal in a crucial game
to decide who tops Champions League group C. “Champions League games are always pretty tense
affairs,” said Valdés. “We’ll be going head-to-head for top spot and we want to
be first to get a theoretically better draw in the last 16.”
When asked about Real Madrid, he said they couldn’t be in a crisis as
“they’ve picked up three points which means they must be doing something right.”
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Training behind closed doors
This Monday morning the team has been gearing up for their visit to Sporting Lisbon in Portugal.
Training was held behind closed doors and was attended by reserve team players Longàs, Thiago and
Abraham. Messi, who had a thigh muscle niggle last week, trained normally.