05.12.2010 13:00

Fontàs: “it was a fair result”

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Barça B centre half Andreu Fontàs admitted that Valladolid’s pressure meant the team “found it hard to keep the ball” and reckons the draw was a fair result.

“It was a well balanced game. They are a good team, one of the best we’ve faced at the Mini Estadi and we found it hard to hold onto the ball, that’s maybe the first time we’ve had that problem at home. Valladolid took us on and stole the ball – when we don’t have possession we find it much harder. They had chances in the second half and so did we with Soriano hitting the post, so I guess a draw is a fair result”.

“Individualists”

Soriano himself accepted that “it was hard work -they are a good team too. We didn’t put in one of our best performances and maybe we were too individualistic at times. If there is anything that defines us, then it is our game as a team and that’s why we found it hard against Valladolid, because we weren’t playing that way”.

“It was hard to bring the ball out”

Martí Riverola echoed his teammates and insisted: “Valladolid are a good team and they made it hard for us to come out of defence with the ball. We were unlucky not to score and we have to take that home draw”. Asked about the effect of playing in the Catalan Cup midweek, Riverola denied the game had affected the players: “we came out strong for this game, but we just didn’t have the luck to score, that’s all. Had we scored, things would have been very different”.

“Valladolid were well organised”

Keeper Jordi Masip agreed: “we are physically well prepared to play midweek and weekend games- we are physically very fit”. As to the Valladolid result, Masip explained: “it was a tough game because Valladolid were well organised at the back and they dropped back well. We didn’t get the fast rhythm that we need on the ball and that allowed them to get back and pressure us”.

“A point is always a good thing”

Jonathan dos Santos also drew attention to the opponents’ abilities: “they put in a good game and made it hard for us from the first minute. They were good throughout the team and although we tried, we just couldn’t get a goal, but a point is always a good thing”.