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21.05.2007 00:23

Xavi: “Today we saw a great Barça”

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Barça had to win and they did so in impressive style with a 0-6 win over Athletico Madrid. The emphatic win sends out a warning to Barcelona’s title rivals Real Madrid and Sevilla.

Following the poor run of results Barça returned to form with an stunning exhibition of football against Atletico Madrid. Xavi was one of the stars of the night and he was also one of the Barça players who spoke to the press after the game : “Today we have seen a great Barça performance. We now have to carry this form into the final matches of the season”.

Below are some of the post match comments from a selection of Barça players:

Xavi Hernández

“Today we have seen a great Barça and we now have to carry this form into the final games of the season”.

“The team went out in the right frame of mind and we managed to break the poor series of results of late”.

“We are hopeful that Madrid slip-up. The have won games in the last minute in the last two weeks and that’s really playing with fire. We sincerely hope they slip-up”.

Carles Puyol

“Today’s win is very important. We came off some poor results and many people started to doubt us, today we clarified things.”

“We have to win the remaining games. I already said after the Betis game that we must fight to the end”.

“This win gives us confidence. Now we have three finals remaining”.

Ronaldinho Gaúcho

“We did what we had to do today - win. Now we hope to maintain this rhythm until the end of the season”.

“We showed we are strong; this is the Barça we all love and we will fight to keep up this level of football”.

Leo Messi

“It was an important win and winning at the Calderon makes us feel strong”.

“Today we won with good football while working together as a team”.

“We knew the Madrid result before kick-off. We realised Recreativo had equalised and that Real had scored the winner in the last minute. But we knew what had to win our match regardless”.