No second year without a trophy, Frank

Barcelona sports vice president Marc Ingla gave in an interview with Spanish news agency EFE his support to Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard (45): "Frank has consolidated our way of playing and has always found the right solutions. We fully trust him." Ingla nevertheless pointed out that it wouldn't be normal that Barcelona would not win anything his season. Although admitting that football isn't a science and that the game is getting more and more competititive, Barcelona has always won about one title every two seasons: "We cannot allow another year without a trophy."

In an interview with Catalan sports paper Sport, Barcelona marketing vice president Jaume Ferrer declared the same: "What happened last season was a big disappointment for all 'barcelonistas'. We cannot allow that we should experience the same thing for a second year in a row."