Thiago denies Barcelona need Messi to win
Thiago Alcantara insists Barcelona do not rely on Lionel Messi for their success.
Messi missed a spotkick in their 1-1 draw at Copa opponents Valencia this week.
"Messi was a born winner," Thiago told a news conference. "Yesterday, he was brave enough to take the ball and take the responsibility for the penalty.
"He did not score, but that is not a problem. We have the best player in the world amongst us, but we do not depend on him.
"We have to exploit and use the power of each player, and if we have players like him or Xavi, we can certainly draw inspiration from them.
"I am only talking about two of them, but there are so many. We certainly are not dependent on Messi."
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Results & Fixtures
Matches
| Home | Away | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat May 12th | |||
| Real Sociedad | Valencia | 18:00 | |
| Real Betis | Barcelona | 2 - 2 | 20:00 |
| Sun May 13th | |||
| Espanyol | Sevilla | 1 - 1 | 18:00 |
| Levante | Athletic Club | 18:00 | |
| Racing Santander | Osasuna | 2 - 4 | 18:00 |
| Real Madrid | Mallorca | 4 - 1 | 18:00 |
| Málaga | Sporting Gijón | 18:00 | |
| Rayo Vallecano | Granada | 18:00 | |
| Villarreal | Atlético Madrid | - 1 | 18:00 |
| Getafe | Real Zaragoza | - 2 | 18:00 |
Tables
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid | 38 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 89 | 100 |
| Barcelona | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 85 | 91 |
| Valencia | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 61 |
| Malaga | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 58 |
| Atletico Madrid | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 56 |
| Levante | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 55 |
| Osasuna | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | -17 | 54 |
| Mallorca | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 52 |
| Sevilla | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 50 |
| Athletic Club | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 49 |
| Getafe | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -11 | 47 |
| Real Sociedad | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -6 | 47 |
| Real Betis | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 47 |
| Espanyol | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 46 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | -20 | 43 |
| Real Zaragoza | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | -25 | 43 |
| Granada | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | -21 | 42 |
| Villarreal | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | -14 | 41 |
| Sporting Gijon | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | -27 | 37 |
| Racing Santander | 38 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -35 | 27 |
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Comments (3)
At the idiot anonymous, if la liga is a joke to you, then what do you call champions league when barca has won 3 of the last 6 and 2 of the last 3 champions leagues? So beating teams like assnal, man utd, bayern, milan and others are not tough enough for you?
no the secret to bitcha winning is to play in the worlds weakest joke of a two team "league"...la joke "league" is akin to a blind under 12 girls league...
Oh my god!!
This is a total fabrication of what he said!! A total fiction!
He said no such things. Where on earth this site got the information?
He said that the collapse did not upset him at all. He has already switched his attention to games for CSKA.
Hi contract is not set to expire. He has two more years!
He did not say anything at all about potential future clubs, let alone the likes of Man City and PSG.
A tTotal rubbish report this one.
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