La Liga - Guardiola thrilled by 'happiest' day

Eurosport - Sun, 03 May 07:31:00 2009

Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola hailed Saturday's victory over Real Madrid as one of the happiest days of his life after his side thrashed their arch rivals 6-2 at the Bernabeu.

FOOTBALL pep Guardiola Juande Ramos / Foto EFE - 0

Barca are now seven points clear of Real with four matches left to play, and seem all but guaranteed to win the league.

"We have taken a giant step towards the title and are so close now," said the jubilant Barcelona coach.

"We didn't want to hide here and tried to be brave like we have been all season and go for the win.

"It is not easy to win at the Bernabeu and this is one of the happiest days of my footballing life as we have made a lot of people happy."

Barca now go into Wednesday's Champions League semi-final second leg match at Chelsea - with the first leg finishing 0-0 - in high spirits.

"This win gives us a lot of confidence for the Chelsea game," explained Guardiola. "Rome (where the final will be played) is so close. We don't feel tired and just have to brave and go for it."

Real coach Juande Ramos admitted Barcelona were worthy winners and were on a pedestal.

"I think Barcelona are a cut above and today showed that they were superior," said Ramos. "The big European sides have been better than us and there is nothing else to say. You have to recognise that, although it hurts a lot."

AFP

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  1. barca ping pong football against the steel of mancs­ back 6 childs play ta­ fooks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From nlwarburton, on Sat 9 May 2:00PM

  2. Dear Barca fans,

    No hard feelings. The poem for just­ for fun.

    May the best team wins.

    Cheers

    From yourstrulyhere, on Mon 4 May 5:05AM

  3. Dear Barca Fans,

    I have written a poem for you. Here­ it goes:)

    Barca fans you are my man
    Everything you say­ I ban
    Cos you are not from my clan
    Your Barca is built­ on sand
    Are you sure Barca can ?

    Last nite, a gypsy­ from Barcelona gazed into her crystal ball and saw a­ fearful vision.
    I asked What Happened ?

    Under a bridge­ a ball was passed to guy called Malouda
    It went from­ there to the legs of Anelka
    From there it went to­ Drogba
    Who shot it between the legs of Guardiola
    Into­ the goal of Barcelona.

    I asked the gypsy: And what did­ you see happened at the other end?

    "A ball­ reaches the legs of Xavi
    And quickly it went to­ Henry
    He passed it to Messi
    Who crashed into a bus­ called Terry
    And that was the end of the­ story"

    Cheers,

    May the best team wins !

    Yours­ Truly,

    From yourstrulyhere, on Mon 4 May 3:01AM

  4. I am Real Madrid fan and I also like a lot Barcelona.­
    Hats off to Barcelona and to its fans. It is a­ fantastic team. I wish Barca to win the Champions­ League making a dream match.

    From Codrin, on Sun 3 May 6:44PM

  5. Barca is football exhibitor..! attractive n­ effective..!

    From carlamms, on Sun 3 May 5:59PM

  6. Just wow!
    Barca are showing the world how the­ "glorious game" should be played.
    It's­ only a dream, but if only every other side would follow­ their example.

    From LINDA M, on Sun 3 May 5:33PM

  7. As a Barca fan of course I'm happy for the Barca­ win, but I'm also proud of Guardiola for showing a­ lot of respect for Real Madrid in his post-game­ comments. They have had a very strong season. ­ Guardiola often emphasizes the need for humility, and I­ think that's important for a team, and for fans­ too!

    From bcvantassel, on Sun 3 May 4:28PM

  8. The match is very clear for barca, ever b4 the march, i­ have predicted to the madrid fans that they will shop­ it, now how did you feel, Madrid fans in surulere ,­ obele fans and lagos island fans all in Lagos­ nigeria.
    sorry for the great loss.
    from Nurudeen

    From Glide, on Sun 3 May 2:23PM

  9. Thank You Guardiola, You made me a happy man, seeing­ the team that i love winning every game and being the­ best club in the world makes me so happy, now im a big­ fan of you guardiola. you changed barcelona into Dream­ Team EVER, thank you guardliola thank you

    From mike.sabbah, on Sun 3 May 12:55PM

  10. while i do like madrid, i would have to conceed that­ barca are worthy winners, they absolutely hammered­ real, and have played the best football in the world­ recently, i hope chelsea win wednesday, but if barca­ win, the champions league is theirs

    From deceborg, on Sun 3 May 12:24PM

  11. Like i always said.. ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS..­ Now Madrid Fans are all QUIET. haha.. they cant open­ their mouth,, what else is there to say? 8-2 says it­ all.. 5 more points, from 4 games.. and we are­ champions.. Madrid, Valencia, Sevilla, even German Mean­ machines (Bayern) and the French (Lyon) could not stop­ us.. Who u think is gonna stop us now? Villareal? LOL..­ errrm.. Deportivo? LOL.. Mallorca? Oh please, the­ league is WON.

    From TITUS N, on Sun 3 May 11:12AM

  12. Hopefully those big mouths , trash talking Madridistas­ would shut the HELL up now !!

    From Tim, on Sun 3 May 10:37AM

  13. We are absolutely the best in the world 6-2 in an away­ game at the Esantiago Bernabau
    UP BARCA
    4RM EFEMENA

    From veronica, on Sun 3 May 10:33AM

  14. Madrid are @#$%

    From paul, on Sun 3 May 10:02AM

  15. i meant Lightning and MAGNETS

    From TITUS N, on Sun 3 May 9:41AM

  16. Thank You Pep Guadiola, This is truely "Dream Team­ II" - The attack like lighting, with spead, flair,­ and precision, and they keep the ball like madnets.­ Watching barca play this season - What a treat.

    From TITUS N, on Sun 3 May 9:39AM
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