Luis Suarez remained upbeat after a losing Barcelona debut at Real Madrid.
Real thumped Barca 3-1.
"It was a big relief. I'm very happy with the minutes I had," he said.
"I have a bittersweet sensation because of the result but this team has picked itself up before many times.
"I felt really good. I have been training for a long time with this game in mind and so when the coach made the decision I was in the right shape to play.
"We went from having little control in the first few minutes to taking the lead but they are very good on the counter-attack and they killed off the game."
