Speaking in his post match comments, the Barca manager expressed his feelings to a listening audience.


FC Barcelona's coach Rijkaard is happy with Eto'o and the rest of the team, but sad about Messi's injury. The Dutchman did not hide his feelings in showing his disappointment with the injury picked up by Lionel Messi, who was hoping to sink Real Madrid with another hattrick like he did last season. Speaking on the injury to the youthful Argentine, Frank Rijkaard said:

It is bad news. It is a shame for the player and for the team too. There is nothing much more to say, other than we hope that he returns as soon as possible.

Praising Eto'o, Rijkaard was impressed with the FC barcelona number 9, also having some nice words for Toure Yaya:

Eto'o was great in his game. His performance was very good. He was generous with the ball, dropped back and was strong. We have seen important players like Eto'o and Touré come back and we have worked hard to win the game. There is no problem with our attitude.

On the resounding 3-0 victory Barca secured against Valencia, Rijkaard said:

We have to say we deserved it. I think that we controlled the game and were well disciplined and kept our positions well. The team worked well. We pushed forward early to end Valencia's hopes of doing something, although we let our level drop too much in the second half and maybe relaxed a bit.

Rijkaard ended by showing solidarity and support for his friend, Valencia's new coach Ronald Koeman:

The new coach needs time. Valencia are going through tough times at the moment. In addition, they have many injuries to cope with.