Why Javier Tebas believes Real Madrid can still win the League?
La Liga President and Real Madrid fan Javier Tebas says Real Madrid can still win the league, despite of recent slip up.
Tebas, an openly Real Madrid supporter admit Real Madrid cannot afford to drop more points to keep themselves in the title race, as Los Blancos are nine points adrift from the league leaders Barcelona. La Liga chief pointed out the fact Catalans has some difficult games in their fixture list, which could possibly work in the favor of Real Madrid.
Javier Tebas believes Real Madrid can still win the League
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“There’s still a lot of games and Barca have some tough games to play,” he said of the Catalans, who lead third-place Madrid by nine points after 25 games, AS reports.
“There’s a lot of the League left. Madrid have already won more than one title from behind.
“Gerard Pique’s tweets? To me, as a Madrid fan, they weren’t offensive. I think there needs to be more humour, and less of a visceral reaction.”
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It’s a decision of [Barca and Sevilla] to be at the Calderon,” he noted.
“There was a concert at Santiago Bernabeu. What I would like is to thoroughly prepare for the Cup and there be a fixed headquarters for the Final that is known in advance.”
Meanwhile, Lionel Messi insisted that friendship with Neymar and Luis Suarez is key to their success on the pitch, after Ronaldo rubbished the claim of being a friend with teammates is essential to from a understanding on pitch.
“It was a very fast break which is how we like to play – with open space – and luckily we were able to do that,” Messi, who later scored a penalty to secure a 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium, told UEFA.com.
“It’s wonderful playing with them. We get along really well on and off the pitch. We really are friends and that is really important to enable us to play this kind of football.”