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Luis Enrique hails 'spectacular end of season'

Tuesday, May 24 2016 by SNTV
  • Reaction after Jordi Alba and Neymar scored in extra time to give Barcelona a 2-0 win over Sevilla in the final of the Copa del Rey in Madrid, Spain on Sunday (22nd May), securing a domestic double for the second year in a row.

    SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Luis Enrique, Barcelona coach:

    "It´s been a spectacular end of season, not only in La Liga, where we had to win every match in order to secure the title but in the Copa del Rey final. The match proved to be a particularly difficult one for us. We played a significant chunk of the match down a man, against a very tough opponent in Sevilla. But the team was outstanding tonight. We have improved our defence a lot in the final part of this season, playing many games without conceding a goal. Everything we worked on, everything we spoke about, all the aspects that helped us triumph in La Liga, helped us again this evenig to win this Copa del Rey final in which Sevilla were very tough to face. In addition we had to be at the top of our condition given we played with 10 men."

    SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Unai Emery, Sevilla coach:

    "What´s been the best thing? Well, the answer, bearing in mind all 120 minutes, was that we wanted to win it and we believed that we could win this final right until the end. What did we lack? We lacked a little more skill in certain moments of the match. We´ve done well on so many occasion and would have had enough for this evening as well had been a little fresher..."

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