Piqué Cristiano Ronaldo ignites and starts the Clasico

On 26 October, the whole world will be watching on the Camp Nou for the first round of the Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid. Two institutions with each in their ranks two best players in world football, namely Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. A duo that powers more comparison between Blaugrana and Merengues. And if the spikes are usually de rigueur a few days of the match, Gerard Pique can recognize the value of his opponents, beginning with CR7.

"It has not changed. I admire him because he is a worker who always wants more. It is a machine, he is ambitious. It is naturally very strong, but he never stop fighting to improve. I also believe that the rivalry with Leo (Messi) helped him get better, "said he told the European Sports Media. Admiring the Portuguese, Pique did not become Real Madrid so far. Especially at the time to oppose two different models between Barça that has to sit on top of the world thanks to the pure products of the Masia and Real Madrid preferring to spend huge sums of money to recruit the biggest stars.

"We compete not able to spend as much money as them. During the last 10 or 15 years, a great generation of players came out of the training center and helped us to compete. Without this unique generation, nothing would have been possible. Real has not won anything for a year and spends € 160 million for three players. Barca can not afford to do the same. We are different because we can compete with them without spending much money. We are not a poor club, but we compete with them, the world's richest. "

Barca is also better than compete with rival merengue. Since the Rijkaard era, the Catalans further monopolize the top step of the podium as the Real, both in La Liga and in Europe. "We are trying to reverse the situation with Real Madrid. Barca is closely related to Catalonia, and historically it has always been considered a club after passing the Real. In recent years, we reversed things, even if we are talking about a Madrid who dominated football for 90 years, which has won nine Champions League and national titles. The media can influence (on the game) and make you think "shit, the Real Madrid players are like, like that," but in the end, they are professionals like us. For much of our history, the rivalry was healthy. There was a moment in 2011 when, if we had not taken a step toward them, there would have been a real problem. We're lucky to have mature people who have seen selection that the problem should be solved. "Rivals, but not enemies, Barcelona and Madrid have calmed the game lately backstage. To the delight of Vicente Del Bosque.