Barcelona’s coach Luis Enrique attends a press conference ahead of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 1st leg football match against Arsenal, at the Emirates Stadium in London on February 22, 2016.
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Argentine Messi (15 goals), Uruguayan Suarez (25) and Brazilian Neymar (18) have scored a combined 58 times in La Liga to put Barca eight points clear at the top.
“I tell them “abracadabra” and the magic sparks – that is all I do!” he said.
“To be honest I always work really hard but it’s quite easy with them because in some situations in a game you don’t have to wish what they do because they already do it”.
IF I was picking a combined front three from Barcelona and Real Madrid, who would I leave out from the attacking trio at the Nou Camp to accommodate Cristiano Ronaldo and the ridiculous number of goals he scores for Zinedine Zidane’s side? I’m absolutely delighted to be their manager.
Midfielder Ivan Rakitic is one of the players tasked with feeding the ball to Messi, Suarez and Neymar to allow them to set about bamboozling defences. We need a top level team performance where everybody is spot on in the discipline and sharp physically and ready to work for the team.
During that time Arsenal have made life hard for themselves by losing the first legs to AC Milan, twice to Bayern Munich and then to Monaco past year.
Luis Enrique expects a tight game, but one where Barcelona will look to impose its brand of attacking, possession football.
Barcelona is about so much more than myself, Leo, and Luis, but of course I love the relationship we have.
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“I am more concerned tomorrow about stopping them from scoring because you can say even at home in the Champions League that 0-0 is not a bad score”. We are achieving special things on the field, and our friendship off the field plays a big part in that.
