The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 manager played down the altercation between his star pupil, claiming it is a natural part of the game.
After a week’s break, Barcelona resume La Liga activities with a trip to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 and Lionel Messi’s famous spat during La Blaugrana’s 2-0 demolishing of Granada
at the Camp Nou.
Tito Vilanova took out time to address the issue, playing down the significance of the incident. The 43-year-old claimed that such things are part and parcel of the beautiful game and should not be given too much consideration.
“Villa-Messi? This is a part of football. Nothing happened that was not normal.”
Pep Guardiola’s successor also took out time to reflect on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jordi-c19110 Alba’s longer recovery time from the flu he contracted whilst playing for Spanish national team.
Vilanova’s revealed that the summer signing’s issue has been bloated in the media with several versions appearing in the medial. He stated that it is a dead issue with the left-back, dispelling the reports before it turned into a media circus.
“I just mentioned that he had taken antibiotics two days before playing and you turn that into [Alba] playing with a fever. This is a dead issue.”
However, Vilanova lost his hat when quizzed about http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 having a say in matters governing the Catalan club. He stated that players of El Pulga’s pedigree need to be made comfortable in their surroundings, but it does not mean that decisions are conditioned
for them entirely. He reaffirmed on his stance, commenting that no directions come from the prodigal 25-year-old.
“When you have a player like Messi then you try to make him feel comfortable, but decisions on the surrounding environment are not conditioned into that.”
“The intent is to have Messi feeling good and that he can find the space. Not all the directions are from him.”
Despite their Spanish Super Cup defeat against Real Madrid, Barcelona have had a magnanimous start to the 2012/13 La Liga campaign. The Camp Nou based entity has registered a perfect winning record in the domestic competition, winning all five of their league
games.
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