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Koeman: "We are still candidates to win the championship."
Alba: "The league is completely open"
Barcelona are trying to maintain hope after the difficult 0-1 win over Levante.
Coach: "Need to play with more confidence."
Defender: "The problem is not with the method"
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Barcelona last night (Sunday) received a rival in the invitation to recover at its expense: Levante, who never won at the Camp Nou.
But again Ronald Koeman's team looked bad, and when it looked like it was on its way to another game without a win, Lionel Messi arrived and set up a hard 0-1 in the 76th minute.
Despite the three points, Barça are ranked only eighth with 17 points - nine less than the leading Real Sociedad, which they will host in two days in a heated battle.
"I was expecting an opponent to defend," Koeman said.
"Our plan was to keep Busquets a little behind and make sure Frankie de Jong was a little more offensive. The second half was good, especially in the way we pressed the opponent. We lost 4-5 away games, the criticism was fair, but if you look deeper, things get better. We "We create more opportunities, we just have to be more efficient. I think we played well and their goalkeeper was the man of the match. Of course we can improve, but I have no complaints about the attitude of the players. We are still candidates to win the championship, we have to play with more confidence."
On Ricky Pouch, who was reportedly reprimanded for believing he leaked things to the media, the Dutchman said: "There were things in the media and I did not want to comment on them. It stayed in the locker room. Ricky warmed up, but the game got complicated and I decided to change my mind. Defense, because we had to win. "
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How hard it was.
Coman and Messi (Photo: Reuters)
Jordi Alba added: "Levante has a very good coach and they always make it difficult for us. We have to improve a lot on defense, we have created a lot of opportunities and I am happy that one ball came in. I do not think the system is our problem. The league is still completely open, if we do things. "We will reach the top of the table. We know what Leo is capable of, and today he is the one who won the game for us."
Frank de Jong concluded: "We needed this victory after the loss to Juventus and we are very happy. It was difficult, I still need to get better, I need to cook more, but it was a good start."
Opponent goalkeeper Aitor Fernandez said on the other hand: "We played a great game, against Barcelona you have to take advantage of the opportunities you come to and prevent them from conquering their opportunities. We can be very proud of the whole team."
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