Valverde, ambitious: "The work in LaLiga it is necessary to finish it, but now touches the Champions"

The FC Barcelona gave this Saturday a big step to LaLiga, surpassing to an Athletic of Madrid peleón in the Camp Nou. The Madrilenian resisted in numerical inferiority but the Catalans attained to tie up a triumph more, what leaves them with 11 points of advantage when they remain hardly 21 for playing . In spite of the distance, in the City Condal do not want to leave carry by the euphoria.

Like this it stood out it in press conference Ernesto Valverde, that with a semblante calmed and calculador applauded to his footballers and to the rivals and demanded a last effort: "they Have been three points importantísimos. We are more near of the title, but still remains us. The work it is necessary to finish it, today was a fundamental party because it can mean a lot. We are very happy by the rival that is, the classified second and an enormous team that has litigated to the end with a man less".

In his analysis of the meeting, the preparador Barcelona praised the capacity of his pupilos to surpass the distinct obstacles of the duel: "The party began well, had rhythm and they also wanted to hurt us. They arrived the clearest occasions, like the stick of Alba or the one of Philippe (Coutinho). The expulsion stopped it everything, partly by the tumult that formed . When it seemed that the expulsion had to benefit to the team that plays with one more, they have changed of system and did not finish to find us".

"In the rest said that it was necessary to play with more rhythm, because they were with one less, they began to notice the tiredness and also is true the goalkeeper had a big performance", signalled, although it warned that no all the advantage came by the numerical superiority: "The statistics says that in the second parts there are more goals that in the first. When a team is cooler to defend, to the hour of the helps is more difficult to surprise him, but as it goes advancing the party arrive the moments in that the wear notices ".

"I do not know what has said him Diego Coast to the referee, have not spoken of this and already will put it in the record"

The Txingurri valued a calendar that will force to manage to the maximum the energies, and after opening the door to the rotations, insisted in that now the maximum priority of the Barça is the Champions: "it Is clear that in the calendar that have come parties very followed. We have to throw of all the team, is a reality. But our idea is to compete in all because we still have not won at all. It is necessary to continue. For the moment, have a party of Champions very important and afterwards already will see the one of Huesca. It is necessary to try win them all. But first, the Champions".

Questioned by the Manchester United, also elogió to the English group, and announced that it will be a very demanding challenge to these heights of the campaign: "it Is a powerful team, that crosses a good series and this gives him morals. And physically it is a block fortísimo, when it tightens, tightens for real. And in the strategy can hurt. The Barça has not won never in Old Trafford, create. Have less rest, but also the morals to having won to the Athletic. We will try to change the statistics".

Valverde No 'wet' on Diego Coast and Griezmann

In any moment wanted to Valverde complicate in the controversies of the party, and was very escueto with regard to Diego Coast: "we have not spoken of this and do not know what has said him Diego Coast to the referee. The referee will put it in the record". And also on Antoine Griezmann: "I do not think that the whistles him desestabilicen to any player. To I Hammered it happens him and it does not affect him. The people expresses in the field. The people was happy with us, that is what wanted".

And it is that at all times, the extremeño preferred to put the focuses on the football, something that did standing out in several occasions the tremenda performance of Jan Oblak, giving a pair of 'winks' to Leo Messi and Philippe Coutinho and surrendering to one of the protagonists of the crash, Luis Suárez: "we Are playing us a lot of and the goal of Luis Suárez has been a download of important adrenaline, inside a control. I am quite happy. Always it finish being decisive, is a permanent headache for the contrary and do not know when goes to appear. Suárez is a safe. It was cool, with spark. But had in front a big goalkeeper".