La Liga: Andres Iniesta warns Real Madrid that Barcelona will come out fighting in El Clasico
Santiago Bernabeu
23rd March 2014
- Kick off 20:00
Andres Iniesta: Wants Barca to be brave
Andres Iniesta has warned Real Madrid that Barcelona will come out fighting in Sunday's Clasico (8pm).
There
is plenty of pressure on the visitors as they head to Madrid four
points behind in the title race, with defeat against their arch-rivals
perhaps enough to knock them out of the intense three-way battle that
also includes Atletico Madrid.But Iniesta has told his Barca team-mates not to get worried about what anybody else is doing or saying.
"We should be thinking of us, rather than them," he said. "We have to be Barca, we have to be brave. If we aren't, then we will have a bad time of it.
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"We can't settle for anything other than a win - that has to be our mentality from now to Sunday, with no doubts at all."
Neutrals will surely be rooting for a Barca win which - if Atletico beat rock-bottom Real Betis earlier in the day - would leave the top three one point apart with nine games to go.
A Madrid victory, on the other hand, would leave them in pole position, and Real are hoping home advantage will allow them to impose their style on the game.
First blood to Barcelona
"We try to make the best team possible."
Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo, known as 'the BBC', have combined to score 76 of Madrid's 119 goals this season and Alonso said the attacking talent gave the whole team confidence.
"There are no secrets - Benzema, Bale and Ronaldo are good players, they understand each other well and they can change a game," he said.
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