17.10.2010 12:13

Puyol: “The team is still hungry to win”

Xavi Rocamora / Anna Segura

Carles Puyol highlighted the reaction of the players after going behind and fighting back to win. The Barça captain claimed that was evidence enough that the team has not lost its hunger to win”.

After eleven years in the first team, the FC Barcelona defender is experienced enough to know that the squad has not lost any of its ambition after winning everything in the last few years. He has also been through less successful periods at the club, and knows that it is never easy to win trophies. Against Valencia, he said, “the team showed that they want to carry on winning. They are still hungry”.

Puyol scored the winner on Saturday evening, and was then the special guest on the ‘El Marcador’ show on Barça TV.

Team reaction

Barça have been the comeback kings under Guardiola, and against Unai Emery’s side they were once again called upon to deliver. “The most important thing was the reaction because it is when things go wrong that you really need to display character and the team did that today”, said Puyol. Against Valencia they were “playing for three very important points. It is always important to get points but after the last few home games they were difficult ones to win and we hard to work hard”.

Goals will come

Carles Puyol also said “We had chances but the important thing is to create them. We have top quality players and the goals will come. We’re not worried”.