Guardiola blasted Barcelona players: Keep this up and we’ll win nothing
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola steamed into his players before training yesterday.
Sport says Guardiola, furious with their performance against Almeria on Saturday, read his players the riot act for over a half hour - with no-one, not even the squad's heavyweights, escaping his wrath.
"We need to smarten up or all our hard work will be for nothing this season," began Guardiola, "we will win NOTHING."
Barca players were stunned by the anger coming from Guardiola, who also told his squad not to seek excuses from bad officiating or Liga conspiracies.
The Barca coach is seeking a reaction from his players and also said fatigue was no excuse: "Everything is mental, when the legs do not respond, it is because you're not motivating your mind."
Guardiola signed off, saying they will remain the best, so long as they run, fight and work as hard as they can.
To add to the drama, Barca's morning training session was hit by a major hail storm - just what a frustrated Guardiola didn't need.
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Matches
| Home | Away | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat May 12th | |||
| Real Sociedad | Valencia | 18:00 | |
| Real Betis | Barcelona | 2 - 2 | 20:00 |
| Sun May 13th | |||
| 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 |
| Espanyol | Sevilla | 1 - 1 | 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 (17)
l feel u!
the game just come like that but we need to stop making defensive errors and convert all our chances. Barca 4 life.
u suker dats all part of tah game ! do u knm the goal i score almeria?
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