02.02.2010 14:17
Márquez: “I want to continue in this vein"
Jordi Clos
Rafa Márquez is looking to maintain the form he showed in El Molinon and reckons the team is: “hungry for titles”, whilst stressing that: “humility and sacrifice” will be key to continuing success.
Rafa Márquez was back in the starting 11 for the game against Sporting and speaking to the press
this Tuesday he explained: “I felt pretty good and I am physically improved. I want to stay
this way for the rest of the season”. The Mexican was quick to acknowledge the support
he’d received during his recovery from injury : “the boss knows me well and he can see
when I’m back on form. We’re close and when things aren’t going well, he tells me
to my face”.
Team enjoying themselves
Marquez’s reappearance coincided with Barac ‘s fifth
consecutive clean sheet and he reckons: “it’s down to the fact that we work hard on
defence. We know how our opponents are going to play and we all know our own system –
that’s why we have so many clean sheets. The players are happy with the results we are
getting and we are enjoying ourselves –this team is still hungry for titles and the key is
humility and sacrifice”.
Ignore Madrid press
Rafa Márquez also warned the fans about the press campaign from Madrid
about supposed reffing decisions in favour of eth Barca team: “we are all focussed on our job
and we just take no notice of what’s being said outside. We don’t need any help from
anybody. The players all know we are on the right track and we just ignore anything like this they
say from Madrid”.