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Enrique praises Barcelona’s La Liga success
Barcelona: FC Barcelona coach Luis Enrique on Thursday said his side’s La Liga success is even more impressive as it happened in spite of Real Madrid’s best efforts to thwart them.
Barcelona celebrated their title triumph on Saturday, ending the league season two points clear of Real despite a 2-2 draw at home against Deportivo La Coruna on the final day.
“It is the trophy that demonstrates what we have done during the whole season. One cannot win a league without being the most consistent — in our case, with great numbers and showing a great level during the whole year,” Enrique was quoted as saying by goal.com.
“We have had a really good season, even better when you think that this has been the best Real Madrid of the last few years, and they have fought for the league until the penultimate week, always making things difficult for us,” he said.
Barcelona still have two matches to go to finish the season’s campaign, with the Copa del Rey final against Athletic Club Bilbao on May 30 to be followed by the Champions League showdown with Juventus on June 6.
A second treble for Barcelona is on the cards, but Enrique understands the difficulty of the challenges that lie ahead.
“We are going to try to conquer two more titles for the club. Two more titles for the players and the supporters, and that’s the goal.
“But we can’t forget that this (the treble) is something the club has only managed once in all its history, meaning that this is a difficult task to achieve,” the coach said.
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.