The 41-year-old coach was happy with Barcelona’s performance at the Camp Nou and praised his players for the footballing spectacle they put up against Real Sociedad.
La Masia academy graduate, Cristian Tello, opened the scoring for the hosts in the first ten minutes of the match to give them an early lead. It was the reigning Ballon d’Or winner, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, who doubled Barca’s advantage in the 72nd
minute and helped them take all three points from the tricky home fixture.
Arsenal’s on-loan attacker at Real Sociedad, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-Vela-c8558, scored a minute after Messi’s heroics to give Barcelona anxious minutes in the final phases of the match.
Talking to reporters in the post-match conference, Guardiola hailed his team for playing their usual eye-catching football which the fans enjoy. He accepted that the opposition could have drawn the match after Vela’s goal.
Catalan coach particularly highlighted the performance of the younger members of the squad, who were given a run out in the first team squad.
"We could have drawn today, but we have generated a lot of play and we have again become masters of the beautiful game, creating many chances. We have played another very good game," he told.
Teenage sensation, Cristian Tello, gave an inspirational performance for La Blaugrana and his first-half goal was a just reward for his excellent work rate. Tello’s efforts were duly appreciated by Guardiola, who took out time to praise the young http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604
winger.
"http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristian-c9491 [Tello] is a winger, a bullet. He is very fast and does well in one-on-one situations. He's a very young kid that will eventually mature, but so far he has done very well.”
The match also saw Isaac Cuenca and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santos-c32532 wearing the Catalan Giants’ jersey. Guardiola congratulated the youngsters in the post-match conference as he realized the amount of pressure on the team during the game.
"Congratulations must also go to Isaac [Cuenca] and [Jonathan] Dos Santos for the big game performance they put on, because it is not easy to perform as they did."
After their telling victory, Barcelona return their focus to Copa del Rey. La Blaugrana welcome http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 at the Camp Nou for the second-leg of the semi-final.
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