All it took was one loss — albeit a shock 2-1 loss at home to tiny Alaves — for talk of a rift within Barcelona’s squad to emerge. Coach Luis Enrique tried to downplay the concernson the eve of the Champions League opener against Celtic on Tuesday.
“We talk after every game to correct things and to reinforce other aspects but what happens in those meetings is onlyimportant for the players and staff,” he said on Monday. “We always talk with the players to try and put them on the right track to win the game but it is not an exact science.”