18. febrúar, 2007
Jæja, Rafa Benitez hefur gefið út yfirlýsingu varðandi atburðina í Portúgal, sem að Kristján skrifaði um í gær - þannig að það er augljóst að eitthvað hefur gerst, þrátt fyrir að ég sé nokkuð viss um að sögur fjölmiðla séu eitthvað kryddaðar. Allavegana, yfirlýsingin birtist á opinberu heimasíðunni og lítur svona út:
“I met this morning with the entire first team squad and made it absolutely clear to all of them the responsibilities that come with playing for this club and the way they are expected to conduct themselves both on and off the pitch.
“The players worked extremely hard at last week’s training camp, but we will take disciplinary action and fine any of them who are found to have breached club rules during our stay in Portugal. I’ve told the players this and they understand and accept the decision I have taken.
“Despite reports to the contrary, the spirit amongst the lads is very good with everyone looking forward to the game against Barcelona on Wednesday.
“We remain totally focussed on what will be a very tough game against the defending European Champions.”
Jæja, það sem drepur mann ekki gerir mann bara sterkari. Vonandi að menn geti notað þetta mótlæti sem enn frekari hvatningu gegn Barca á Camp Nou á miðvikudaginn.