Pique: "It will be more fun with Chygrynskiy"

Speaking to journalists after the league game against Sporting Gijón yesterday, Barcelona players Dani Alves and Gerard Piqué commented on the match.


Alves
"We needed those points. Starting a season well is important, and even more so this time because all our direct rivals had won their games.

Ibra scored his first goal but we have to give him time, he just arrived. He still has to get to know his team-mates, he needs to keep on working and then the goals will come. We are not worried about Real Madrid. We are focusing on our own job and on doing things in a good way. If we do a good job ourselves, we shouldn't worry."

Piqué
"It looks like things are still working this year. We trained on set pieces the day of the match and it worked out fine. They gave us the points and we are happy for that. Sometimes this is the way to do it. We are keeping the same mind-set like last year. We are only thinking about keep on winning.

It's normal that we are tired after the Super Cup. We played for 120 minutes on a pitch that wasn't really good. But the team felt well and we were in the game from the beginning. Chygrynskiy? It will be more fun. Every one will have to give his best to have a place in the team."

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