28.08.2009 23:53
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Club President Joan Laporta was thrilled with Pep Guardiola’s team’s fifth title of the year, comparing them with the famous “Team of the Five Cups”.
Following the team’s latest title, Sr Laporta commented: “it’s marvellous and
this team really deserve it all. The whole Barca family is thrilled and celebrating this
win”.
Tremendous effort
Sr Laporta compared the team’s achievements with the famous “Team of the Five
Cups” of the 1950s stressing: “it takes a lot to repeat a record like that and this
team’s done it”.
Keep up the motivation
With the new season about to get underway, Sr Laporta
insisted: “it’s important that we can keep up the same level of motivation”,
whilst warning of the difficulty of the competitions this year. The President also detailed the
three values he wants the team to show this season: “prudence, humility and effort”,
whilst adding: “we shouldn’t be thinking about winning titles just yet, simply taking
each step at a time”.
Hard fought victory
Sr Laporta praised goalscorer Pedro for his: “quality, strength and fighting
spirit”, whilst admitting: “Shaktar put up a good fight against us tonight and made it
tough for us, but that just adds to the value of our win”.
Chygrynsky
The Barca fans had a chance to see their possible new signing in action in Monaco and Sr
Laporta commented: “he looked to be an extraordinary defender to me, with great distribution
and good positioning. I’m sure he has the quality to play for Barca”. The President
also explained that the deal to bring the Ukranian to the Nou Camp is close to being done and
dusted: “we have to put the finishing touches to it, but we should be able to sign him on
Saturday”.
Trip to Donetsk
This Saturday, Joan Laporta and Sporting Vice President Rafael Yuste will be travelling to
Donetsk to finalise the deal and also take part in the inauguration of Shaktar’s new stadium,
the Donbass Arena.
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