Ernesto Valverde Doesn’t Think About Atletico Madrid at All

DBasia.news –  Ernesto Valverde, as the Barcelona coach, stressed that if he and his team did not think too much about the progress of the team’s rival on winning the LaLiga title, Atletico Madrid. Most important for him Barca continued to gain points.

Barcelona came home with three points after beating Alaves 2-0 in the final match of the 2018-2019 League, at the Mendizorroza Stadium, Tuesday (23/4) local time. Two winning goals for the visitors in the creation of Carles Alena (54 ‘) and Luis Suarez (60’).

An additional three points make Barcelona on the verge of winning. Gerard Pique and his friends were 12 points ahead of Atletico Madrid who finished second. In fact, Barcelona certainly won the title if Valencia beat Atletico in the match which will be held on Wednesday (24/4).

Nevertheless, Valverde feels Atletico will not easily fly the white flag. For that, he still eyeing one more victory to ensure the title is on the side of his team.

“The right thing is there are three final points to ensure mathematically, but that is very important. Things must be shown to be true,” Valverde said as reported by Soccerway.

“Atletico Madrid are competitors who show every day how they do it. We’ll see. We don’t see Atletico going to relax. We think we will need three points.”

“What we want is to win because winning LaLiga is very difficult. We will see when that is achieved. It is in sight because it only requires three points in four matches,” continued the coach.

“Whatever will happen. If when they start the season they ask me, any coach will answer anytime,” explained Valverde.

Barcelona has the chance to win the treble winner this season. Besides LaLiga, Barcelona have also placed themselves in the Copa del Rey final and Champions League semifinals.