The motto that Barça boss Luis Enrique demands from his team
Barcelona manager Luis Enrique has kept a secret which until now has not been revealed. Thanks to to the report ‘Los hombres de Lucho’ by ‘ex aequo’ between Barça TV and TV3, one of the most secretive corners of the planet has been brought to light: Barcelona’s Ciutat Esportiva training complex.
The Asturian manager explained during the program that he has hung up something on the walls of all the offices of his assistants and co-workers. What he has hung up is a sheet of paper with the words: “You can have results or excuses, but not both.”
This ‘leitmotif’ which appears in all the corners of the club's training ground is written in English. Curiously, the only words written in capital letters are ‘RESULTS’ and ‘EXCUSES’, while the rest of the words are written with a felt-tip pen.
Luis Enrique explained that “it’s completely clear that in life you can’t have results and excuses at the same time. One or the other. For that reason, I want everyone that is with me to have that very clear.”
It, without doubt, is used for psychological reasons so that none of his assistants sleep on the success they have had and that they always live up to the challenges demanded of them. What the program did not reveal was if this motto also appears in the players’ dressing room or if it is limited to the staff.
Luis Enrique took advantage of the program to present, one by one, all the people that work with him for the good of the first team. Almost 30 professionals accompany him day-to-day to make sure that nothing is left to chance. That’s more than the amount of players he works with, which has been 23 this season.
