De Jong: This feeling is great, and we suffered to win

Barcelona star Frenke de Young expressed his happiness after beating Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in the 24th round of the Spanish League.

The Dutch star said: "Be in the lead is a wonderful feeling, we will work hard for this, but we still have a lot of matches. It is good to be in the forefront, but we have to continue until the end."

He added: "We suffered to win, Rayo was a difficult opponent, and defended well, and pressed us at some moments. I think we could score more goals, but their goalkeeper made a great match, and he tackled several dangerous balls. In the end, the victory was important ".

He added: "We created many opportunities, but we were unable to exploit them, sometimes, the guard is in his day, and this is what happened today. But we continued to pressure and maintained our nets clean, and this is also important."

On applause for him and Cassado during his replacement: "Cassado is a very talented player and has a lot of quality, we have many good players, and each of them can contribute to the team. He works hard and I am very happy to see him gets these opportunities."