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19.08.2008 13:57

“I feel a responsibility to help the squad”

Marc Guillén

Sylvinho has the longest playing career in the Barça squad and he is delighted to be able to share his experience of the game and of the Club with his team-mates.

Silvio Mendes Campos is 100% behind the new footballing project and told reporters today that Barça has “an excellent, balanced squad”.

“Football goes beyond the 90 minutes”

The Brazilian full back is looking forward to his fifth season with Barça and his fourteenth as a professional footballer. It’s this level of experience that tells Sylvinho that “football goes beyond the 90 minutes”. So he’s upbeat about the changes brought in by manager Pep Guardiola: “For matches to go well, the management of the group, the changing room, the daily work etc are all very important”.

He would like to use his experience to help the squad: “With the experience I have in football and in the Club I believe I can help my team-mates. I feel a responsibility to help the squad”.

“We’ll have the support of the fans”

Sylvinho also referred to the message put across by Guardiola at the presentation of the team at the Gamper tournament: “As the coach said, we’ll give everything we’ve got in every match. So I’m sure we’ll have the support of the fans and, with a strong Camp Nou, we’ll be a much better team”.