Gerard Piqué has described as over the top the debate over the possession his Barça side enjoys during games, especially after the great start it has made. "It is given too much importance. We are the only team that wins 4-0, and people argue if we have had more or less possession. It is a statistic that should not be as important as the media makes out", he told Barça TV.
Piqué did admit that Barça must play well in addition to just winning games: "This is Barça, we know how it works. When you win you have to do it playing well. We are at a club where the fans have always wanted it this way, for those who didn't know it was like this they are warned that this is how it is".
However, Piqué did say he would be happy to play on the counter-attack if Martino deems it necessary: "At times we come up against opponents who we have to take the ball from and then become more horizontal in our play, with a bit more variation. Tata wants to instil that in us and I welcome it".
Piqué did admit that Barça must play well in addition to just winning games: "This is Barça, we know how it works. When you win you have to do it playing well. We are at a club where the fans have always wanted it this way, for those who didn't know it was like this they are warned that this is how it is".
However, Piqué did say he would be happy to play on the counter-attack if Martino deems it necessary: "At times we come up against opponents who we have to take the ball from and then become more horizontal in our play, with a bit more variation. Tata wants to instil that in us and I welcome it".
The crisis about possession is nonsense-Sandro Rossel flabbergasted by criticism
Barcelona president Sandro Rosell claimed that he is happy with the team's performances and rued the 'Azulgrana' fans' propensity to always question everything "even when things are going well"
Speaking during the annual ceremony at which Barça presents gold badges to 50-year members, Rosell stated that he is at a loss to explain talk suggesting the club is in crisis just because it has had less possession than in other years.
The Barça honcho sought to put things into perspective by alluding to the situation the club was in half a century ago. "In 1963 we had a real crisis, not just one about possession like now, which is nonsense. Back then, Barça finished sixth in the league, 18 points off the top. Imagine if that happened now. What would we do: burn down the Camp Nou?".
Rosell went on to praise the team's results – "We've won 35 matches this year; not bad, is it? But instead we have to go and question everything" – before reminding the fans that the first-team squad currently includes 17 players who graduated from the 'La Masia' academy.
The president believes Barcelona is on the right track: "The club is in great shape in sporting terms; the different professional teams have already won five trophies this season, and it's only just got underway".
Rosell also beat the drum for the club's finances: "When we arrived we were €500 million in debt and we're gradually lowering that figure towards the €200-million mark. The future will be all about being able to pay the best players in the world".
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