Pique: No depth at Barça? People are just looking for negatives
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique took part in a European Poker Tour event at the Barcelona Casion on Tueday. The La Masia product, before taking his place at the poker table, said that "winning La Liga will not depend on the level of the refereeing, they are 100 percent impartial."
He added that Barça "we have won five of the last seven leagues and we're going for this one as well" before pointing out that "winning games at the start of the season is really difficult on a physical level."
REDUCE BAN
Pique, banned for four matches after his red card in the Spanish Super Cup, says that he is "optimistic" the ban will be reduced. "I'm confident the sanction will be cut. It's difficult not to be able to help the team and to have to watch from the stand, but I'll continue working for when I can return to action."
SERGI ROBERTO
After the win over Athletic, he said that "we couldn't have started La Liga in a better way. Everyone who played at San Mames did really well. Sergi Roberto showed his talent. Bartra, Vermaelen, as well, they did really well."
SQUAD DEPTH
He made one thing clear: "To say there is no depth is to look for something negative about this team. The world doesn't end if you lose one game. There is a team and with players out we went to a difficult ground and won. The objective is to be up the top in La Liga, pass through the Champions League group stages and arrive at the Club World Cup in good shape."
PEDRO
He also spoke about Pedro, who said goodbye to the club on Monday at a press conference. "Pedro is keen to continue winning; he wants to feel important and participate, you have to keep that in mind. He's a great person and I wish him the best. Will I play against him? You always end up playing against the big teams."
POKER
And on his penchant for playing Poker, he pointed out that many people in the football world also enjoy it, like "[Alex] Ferguson, Rio [Ferdinand], Wes [Brown], [John] O'Shea, Ney[mar]..." Although he's only played once with the Brazilian, in Qatar. "The idea is just to have a good time, nothing more."
