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28.11.2010 21:28

Guardiola: "It will not be decisive"

Roger Bogunyà


Josep Guardiola is looking forward to an exciting encounter with Real Madrid on Monday evening as he predicted that el clásico will not be a decisive match in what will be a long season.


FC Barcelona trained at Camp Nou 24 hours before the big game and then the Blaugrana coach gave his views to the media. “I hope it will be a fantastic game,” he said. “Madrid are not just spectacular, they are also physical, effective, quick and direct while remaining well organized and very strong. It is very difficult to avoid over-excitement with Madrid coming here. That is normal. This will not be decisive though, but whoever does win will surely be considered to be the champions for the next week at least.”

Going forward

2010-11-28_ENTRENO_34.JPGThe Barça coach then stated that he always sends his team out with the aim of going forward. “They know how we play,” he commented. “The game is predictable in that sense. There will be no surprises, we will go out to attack.” When asked how he expects Madrid to play, Guardiola added: “I know how they will play. They counter-attack very well.”

Les pressure

Not being such clear favourites as in previous seasons suits Guardiola perfectly for the first clásico of the season. "This year we have a slight advantage, we will not win 5-0 before even playing," he continued. "Here it was probably seen as a fact that we would win and that type of thing can be complicated."

Different games

2010-11-28_ENTRENO_38.JPGJosé Mourinho led Inter to a two-legged victory over Barça last term, but Guardiola does not think that means anything. "They have different players to Inter," he explained. "The way of playing like last year is there, if slightly less so, because each coach has something of his own."
Guardiola: “It will not be decisive“

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Training schedule
FC Barcelona's first-team squad trained on Sunday afternoon instead of the morning as first planned. Reports suggested that it was moved to compete with Madrid's schedule and to interfere with José Mourinho's press conference. "I have read that I did this myself so I could speak after Mourinho," Pep Guardiola said looking surprised. "That is not so because I can always do that. There are two reasons. One, because it is a Sunday and on Sundays in the Ciutat Esportiva there are games and a lot of activity and I wanted things to be calmer. The second reason is that there are a lot of Catalan people on the staff and they wanted to vote and then have lunch with their family at midday. I do not look at what Madrid do."


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