'Vinicius as good as Messi? F**k that'

"Vinicius is a great player, but when compared to Messi, the best player in the world, f**k that". Jordi Alba did not mince his words after a convincing victory at the Santiago Bernabeu and acknowledges having "put their foot down" for both the Copa del Rey and in La Liga, the latter of which takes place on Saturday night.

"They are different competitions, knowing that if we won, we would be in a final. It was important for us as well as Madrid of course, many people came to watch and we were superior", he stated.

"It is always difficult to win here, although it seems easy because we won with many goals. They could have scored some in the first-half, but we were more efficient. Both teams waited to see who would make more mistakes and catch the other on the counter, as a result of the first goal more space opened up and we were able to score more goals", he said.

Jordi Alba was particularly happy to have been able to claim the victory at Real Madrid's stadium, Barca's eternal rival: "To win always brings huge happiness. It seems easy to do it but it never it, they had chances to win it in the first-half. We were both waiting to see who would make the first mistake", he declared.

A victory in which the Uruguayan, Luis Suarez, was key for Barcelona with two goals himself and contributing to the attack that eventually led to a Varane own goal.

"Suarez is happy, he scored goals but apart from that he fights with everybody defensively too; we are very happy for his goals, he is a great player."

However, the Argentine, Lionel Messi didn't manage to score, but for Jordi Alba, this changes nothing: "Messi is always the best, even if he doesn't score goals", he assured reporters.