Figo: "I do not lose anyone glad, I am a sportsman"

Portuguese Luis Figo , former player, among others, the FC Barcelona and Real Madrid said Monday in Berlin, when asked if he had rejoiced over the defeat of FC Barcelona team or the victory of the set target, he is not happy "that nobody loses" because it is "athlete".

Real Madrid beat on Saturday in Getafe (1-5) and Barcelona lost on Sunday at home against Valencia (1-2), so now those of Luis Enrique are leaders, but with the same points as the Atletico Madrid , which surpasses better balance in their confrontations.

The team led by the French Zinedine Zidane is third, one point of the Blaugrana, but also at a disadvantage to them in terms of the balance of fighting.

Figo, 43 and 127 times by Portugal , answered this way when asked at a press conference in the framework of the Laureus Awards by a journalist of Catalonia, which does not speak from a few years ago one members.

"I do not usually answer the Catalan press, but I'll answer because you're beautiful," he said to a reporter Figo television channel 8TV.

"I'm not glad the defeats of others, because I am an athlete. I do not know what you have in Barcelona against me," said the Portuguese.

"I spent five wonderful years there and went for reasons of money, family and lack of recognition," said Figo, who left the Blaugrana to join Real Madrid, the 2000-01 season.

"Honestly, both on Saturday and Sunday, I was playing golf and saw none of the two parties. My life depends not only on football, there are other things," he added.

"The dynamics emerge and it is not normal that the club has lost both games in a row. It does not depend on the quality of the players," said the Portuguese, who in the Champions League sees Favorites "Real Madrid and Bayern Munich."

" La Liga Spanish is open and anything can happen. Now things get tense , " said Figo, who, as madridista something happened at the time of his compatriot Queiroz (2003-04 season).

"You can be all season very well and in a week the results are crossed. You're not so good and you come all over. There are games in which you have ten clear chances and did not score a goal to the rainbow. This happens in the world of football. "