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The draw against Atlético at home further complicates Barça's options to win La Liga.

The azulgranas depend on both the rojiblancos and Real Madrid stumbling in the games that remain between now and the end of the championship.

But, despite everything,

Gerard Piqué

strives to remain optimistic.

"I still see myself with options," assured the Barcelona central defender in statements to Movistar LaLiga.

"We expected to win, but we are still alive. We have had a good game, we have had more chances than them, and clearer, but it could not be. We do not depend on us, but, given what we have seen, the League is still open. Three games are many and you have to go to win what remains, "said the defender as soon as the game ended. "We have one of the lowest scores in recent years at this point, but we are there, and that indicates that equality is maximum. If we win all three, I still have options," he stressed.

However, he knows very well that the one who has it better right now is Real Madrid. And so he admitted it, but without being able to avoid getting something out of his chest. "Anything can happen. It is totally open. It is true that Madrid, winning its four games, would be the champion, but I would like to see if someone has won four games in a row. We have done it," said a Piqué who knows very well. well that the team has shown too many gaps.

"We would like to be in a better position, but that means that during the year we did not do our homework and that in some phases of the season we were not fine, we were not comfortable. In the second round, from the start of 2021, the team he played better, with phases of very good play and good feelings, but he hasn't given us enough to depend on ourselves now, "the central defender confessed on Barça TV.

After the victory against Valencia, Piqué seemed to send a letter to

Ter Stegen,

pointing out at the end of the game that all the balls that went between the sticks ended up being a goal. The German, in this case, responded in the best possible way. Throughout the first 45 minutes, above all, it was used thoroughly to prevent some of the dangerous options that Atlético had from finally ending up kissing the net. And he even starred in a slight scuffle with a

Luis Suárez

who fell to the ground after the German took a ball practically out of his head.

"We always competed with him in training and we already knew very well how he plays, what he is looking for, that he is always in contact. He is a great player and is having a very good year. The game has been very physical, very competitive, and has had some occasions, but, in general, I think we have controlled it well, "said Piqué about his former teammate.

Busquets maxillary fissure

The great scare on the part of Barça, despite everything, was the clash between Sergio Busquets and Savic, head to head, which forced the Barça midfielder not only to leave the pitch after a first attempt to return, but also to go through the hospital to undergo a series of tests "I have spoken with them, it seems that everything is fine, but we have to wait for the result of the tests they have done" explained the second of Ronald Koeman, Alfred Schreuder, in the press room from the Camp Nou. According to the club in a statement, the player suffers a facial contusion with an upper maxillary fissure, from which he is progressing favorably, and his evolution will mark his availability for the next commitments.

The departure of the midfielder was a shock for the team.

To such an extent that, in the opinion of the Dutchman, that came to condition the game of the first half.

"We lost the organization we had. But, at halftime, we were able to talk and I think we were able to correct it with a view to the second half" confessed a Schreuder who tried to justify, as best he could, the fact that Barça was unable to win this season to Real Madrid or the rojiblancos.

"They are very good teams. Today we generate dangerous occasions, not as many as we would have liked, but it is normal, when competing with a rival as powerful as Atlético. This time, I think we could have won," he settled.

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