27.09.2010 14:20
Bartra: “its’ easier if we are at the top”
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Barça B Marc Bartra is happy with the start to the season the team have made and stressed the importance of the second successive clean sheet at the weekend.
“Maybe we didn’t quite expect such a good start, but we know that with the hard work
and sacrifice we are putting in in training, we were going to get there. Obviously we want to win,
but we also need to become better players, continue playing and get match time in. Of course,
it’s easier if we are at the top and you get to the training sessions much happier which is
important too”.
Partnering Muniesa
Bartra has paired Marc Muniesa in the last two games and he explained: “we understand
each other well and there’s a lot of communication between us. Keeping a clean sheet is
important because we are a team who will always get goals, though we have to concentrate on making
sure we don’t concede, which we’ve managed to do these last two games and will hope to
keep up”.
Tough rival
After
the win over Numancia
, Marc Muniesa added:”we’ve been finding it harder to play with the ball and
against Numancia it was harder because Unzué knows us. Finally, we pulled it off, but after we
scored they really came at us. They have fast players and created a lot of danger. Fortunately,
Miño was on good form”.
Making the Mini a hard place to visit
The players are aware of how tough the second division can be and Muniesa insisted:
“all the games are hard and we need to make the Min Estadi a really hard place for teams to
come to and take as many points as we can”.
Confidence
Víctor Vázquez is one of the most experienced players in the squad and he expressed his
confidence in the team after the weekend’s win: “we are working hard to try and win
every game and play well. We are improving at the back, but at this level there are a lot of teams
who close up and then hit you hard with counter attacks. I think that with the young talent we have
and the desire the players are showing we won’t have any problems settling into this
division. That’s what we are after – stay up and not have to worry about going
down”.