The newly appointed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 coach is content with the performance of players during the pre-season and believes that they are playing at a good level.
Last season Barcelona did not only lose the Spanish La Liga and the UEFA Champions League; in fact, they also lost the best coach in their history, Josep Guardiola.
Guardiola helped the Catalan giants reach dizzying heights. With his tiki-taka football philosophy, the Catalan coach helped La Blaugrana win six trophies in his very first season.
After spending three years at the Nou Camp, Guardiola was able to help his side win 14 trophies, something which no other manager has achieved at Barcelona.
However, after failing to win the Champions League and the Spanish La Liga last season, Guardiola decided to take a break from football and left his post as the manager of the Catalan club.
Therefore, the management decided to make Tito Vilanova the manager of the team and since then the former assistant coach has been working hard to help Barcelona continue their winning ways.
The Spanish giants went on a pre-season friendly tour, and even though they have been facing tough teams in the shape of PSG and Manchester United, they have still managed to emerge victorious, even though it was on penalties.
Recently Barcelona faced Dinamo Bucharest in a friend game, and the Catalan giants convincingly won the game 2-0, with Afellay and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 being on target.
While speaking about the pre-season friendly fixtures and how they will help them prepare for the upcoming season, Tito Vilanova said:
"The team is playing at a good level ahead of the start of the league. We have had a group of players that have trained for two solid weeks.”
"When the players come back from international duty we will make a decision on who will play in the league based on how they are feeling. [http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001] Del Bosque picks the players [for the national team] that he wants and we don't have anything to say on the matter."
Barcelona are going to start their Spanish La Liga season by facing Real Sociedad in their very first match.
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