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Luis Enrique and Zidane both focused on their sides ahead of last day title deciders

Xinhua, May 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

FC Barcelona coach Luis Enrique and Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane may be sat in dugouts at opposite ends of Spain on Saturday afternoon, but they are united in their desire to win the BBVA Primera Liga title on the last day of the Spanish football season.

A win for Barcelona away to Granada would assure the Catalans retain their league title, while Real Madrid' s only chance of winning the league is for them to win in La Coruna and hope that Barca slip up.

It should make for a tense and thrilling final Saturday in the campaign, but the Barca boss believes his players have the experience to claim the decisive win.

"It is the last game of a league ... it will be a tough game even though we know we depend on ourselves to lift the title," said Luis Enrique.

"We will go into it the same as we went into the other 37 games and we have high hopes," he commented.

Luis Enrique admitted it would be an advantage to score an early goal in order to pressure Real Madrid and he also said he wouldn' t be listening out for Real Madrid' s score.

"There is only one game that matters and that is ours, only if we are unable to win will we have to look at other results," he commented.

Zidane is another coach who won' t be listening to other results on the radio this Saturday.

"It doesn' t depend on us, all we should be thinking about is winning our match," he said in his pre game press conference.

"This is a final where we have to play as well as possible to take the three points, there is nothing else in our heads. The most important thing is for us to win," he insisted.

Zidane said he didn' t want to hear anything about possible incentives being paid to either Granada or Deportivo la Coruna.

"I really don' t know what you are talking about," he commented, insisting that Deportivo were a "good side that knows how to play football and which wants to end the season in the best possible way in front of their supporters, but we are concentrated and will fight from the first minute in order to try and win," assured the Real Madrid boss. Endit