Luis Enrique: It's biased to focus on Real Madrid's Champions League success

Luis Enrique feels Real Madrid's Champions
League dominance does not mean the club have
enjoyed a more successful spell than Barcelona
under his leadership.
A star for both teams during his playing days, the
Asturian coach will leave Barca at the end of the
campaign, having guided the Catalans to two
LaLiga titles, two Copa del Rey wins and one
Champions League crown, with this season's
championship still up for grabs.
Madrid have not finished on top of LaLiga since
2012, but they have won two of the last three
Champions Leagues, beating local rivals Atletico
Madrid in the final in 2014 and 2016, either side of
Barca's 2015 triumph.
Zinedine Zidane's holders look set to reach another
final this term, having beaten Atletico 3-0 in the
first leg of their semi-final at the Santiago
Bernabeu on Tuesday.
Nevertheless, Barca's coach is not interested in
comparing the teams' recent European records.
"That's a statistic, it shows how strong Real
Madrid are as a club," he said when asked about
the prospect of Los Blancos progressing to yet
another decider.
"It's a little biased to look just at what they've
done in the Champions League. You can look at
what Barca have done as well, we have reasons to
feel positive.
"I focus on what I can control, our club, our team.
Every club has different main rivals that you focus
on more than any others and maybe that's what
you're gauged against. Focusing on my own team
works well for me.
"I'm really only focusing on what Barca do. I don't
want to analyse what other teams are doing. I
focus on my team. If we win a title, then great.
Let's see what happens."

Madrid may yet deprive Barca of the league title.
Although the reigning champions are top, Zidane's
men are level on points in second spot and have a
game in hand approaching the dramatic conclusion
to 2016-17.
"We need to win every game to have any hope of
winning the league," said Luis Enrique.
"Primarily it depends on ourselves and what we do.
"Our first year we won the league in the
penultimate game, last year it was the last game.
This year it looks like it will go down to the last
game. If anybody knows what will happen, please
tell me.
"It's the same story at the end of every season.
They've been tight run-ins, one team edges ahead,
one edges behind. You need to let these things
effect the players as little as possible… [because
they are] trying to cope with the pressure."
Luis Enrique indicated captain Andres Iniesta is
nearing a return to fitness after the midfielder
missed the derby win over Espanyol due to an
adductor injury.
"In principle he's been training for two days
without any problems. He seems fine to me," added
the coach.

Iniesta is out of contract at the end of next season
and has been tipped in some quarters to seek a
transfer away from Camp Nou, with Luis Enrique
unable to predict the stalwart's next career move.
"That's not a question for me to answer," he said.
"We all know how well he's done at this club,
we've all enjoyed his football, but it's not for me to
comment on."