Enrique says Roma won’t get favours
Zinedine Zidane has played down speculation that he could replace Rafa Benitez as Real Madrid head coach.
Former Barcelona midfielder Xaxi Hernandez has labelled Saturday’s El Clasico match-up as “historic”, saying Barca gave Real Madrid a footballing lesson.
After the Blaugrana ran riot over their side, the home fans called for the resignation of club president Florentino Perez. “I believe it exists, you believe that too, and all of us who are here do”. He has a great relationship with [Karim] Benzema and [Raphael] Varane, he understands the workings of the club and his input was very important to me.
Suarez and Neymar ensured Barcelona did not miss the Argentine too much during his two months out, scoring all 19 of the club’s La Liga goals before Iniesta struck at the Bernabeu.
Suarez said: “We are six points up against a direct rival but there’s a lot left”.
Saturday’s heavy defeat was not the first time that Benitez’s tactical approach has been questioned this season. “But we choose Rafa having the confidence that he could sort it out and lead us again, and now he has only been here a little, and you can’t fix all the things in that short amount of time”.
“But we must be united, work, improve things we must improve, and go into the next game to get the three points we need to fight for La Liga”. Many people expected that Argentinian magician will start this game, but Luis Enrique made a decision to leave him on the bench and then sub him in late in the game.
Gareth Bale insists he is happy at Real Madrid – but won’t rule out a return to the Premier League.
Perez said: “We have had a board meeting and analysed the sporting situation at Real Madrid”.
“We wanted to win the highest goal difference possible and the bigger the distance the better”.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique said Monday that his former side AS Roma can not expect any favours when they take on the European and Spanish champions at the Camp Nou on Tuesday.