Luis Enrique only wants one version

Barça B coach Luis Enrique was highly satisfied with the win against Tenerife at the Miniestadi and said it is important to be strong home and away.

“It was a very complete game” he said after the 3-1 win. “We played with the ambition you need to do damage to Tenerife. We need to compensate our attacking and defending strengths and we did that perfectly in the first half … but there were 20 minutes when we were in Tenerife’s hands”.

Away form

Barça B have 12 points out of 12 at home. “To have a good season we need consistency at home and so far we have done that with marvellous support at the Miniestadi.” But bad results in Cartagena and Cordoba. Suggest away problems. “Anyone can beat us and we can beat anyone. We will be working on there only being one version, and being stronger away from home”.

Confidence in whole squad

Asked about the many missing players against Tenerife (Miño, Fontàs and Thiago with U-21, and Muniesa suspended), Luis Enrique said “I have a big squad, to think about the first team mainly … We have designed the season to be able to deal with these things … Confidence is high and I just want my players to make the most of their chances”. Abraham Minero had done just that in the last four games, but will now be out for a month with an arm injury, which for Luis Enrique was the most negative point of the day.

Nolito progress

Luis Enrique described goalscorer Nolito as “a player who has improved a lot since arriving two seasons ago. Nolito was great last season, he has unique ambition and is on top form. He can live from football for a lot of years”.