As Marc Coma continues to hunt down Cyril Despres at the summit of the leaderboard, we found the only topic that can take his mind off the Dakar. Marc tells us about his love for FC Barcelona.
When I’m at home and relaxing in the evening I will watch any football that is on television but there’s no feeling like watching my own team. I was born and raised in Catalonia and I still live there now so I think it’s pretty natural that I’m a fan of Barcelona.
We have just won the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan and I don’t think anyone can doubt that we are the best team around at the moment.
It’s not happened over night and there were many years of hard work for the club to get to where they are now. We had to watch the success of Real Madrid while our team was being rebuilt and it was not always easy.
Now we have a team with a great spirit and all the new signings seem to enjoy getting involved in what we do at Camp Nou. From my experience in Enduro riding I know that staying at the top is much harder than getting there in the first place.
It’s good that Barcelona’s manager Pep Guardiola gets a lot of credit for the wonderful work that he does with the team. Pep is also part of a great team because the club has many very talented people working in important positions.
'Unfortunately I’m not quite as good at football as Messi. In fact I suck!'
My racing schedule means that I don’t get to go to Camp Nou as much as I would like but I’m a member of the club and I have two season tickets. Because I’m away from home so often I have lots of friends and family who are happy to use my seats when I’m not there! We have a clasico match again Espanyol this weekend, I’m hoping for a good result there and for me in this Dakar also.
We are very lucky at Barcelona to have Lionel Messi on our team and it’s great to be in his country racing the Dakar Rally once more. I was invited onto the pitch at Camp Nou before the kick-off of the game between Barca and Atletico Madrid. I got the chance to meet Messi and we talked after the game. There’s really nothing more anyone can say about the talent he has that hasn’t already been said a thousand times.
Unfortunately I’m not quite as good at football as Messi. In fact I suck! My thing is my bike so I’ll just to stick to that I think.
Marc is using the rest day of the 2012 Dakar Rally to prepare himself for the final week of the race that he hopes will end with victory in Lima.
Want more?
- Marc Coma's Red Bull profile
- Head to his official website at marccoma.com
- Go to the official website of the Dakar Rally 2012
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