FC Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard commented the situation prior the big match between FC Sevilla and FC Barcelona during the official press conference. Barca coach Rijkaard admitted that this is an important, but not definite match and therefore is already looking with one eye to the UEFA Champions League match agaisnt Liverpool at Anfield.


Here is a selection of his comments prior to the match:

The match will be immensely important, but not definitive!

I'm resting Deco and Thuram, wheras Motta has a slight knock.

They are a great team. Tactically they are well-disciplined. They've played for a while together now and they are one of the strongest teams in the league at the moment. There's pressure on both teams to come away with three points.

Eto'o is ready to play, probably not quite the full 90 minutes yet though. We've spoken with him and the medical department and we're going to be intelligent in our decisions.

We've only played one game using the 3-4-3 system and it worked well.

Kanouté a great player. He's important for his team. In order to stop him, we'll have be very alert.