Sneijder: Nine Points Are Not So Many Real Madrid midfielder Wesley Sneijder believes that he and his team-mates cannot afford to be complacent despite their nine point advantage over Barcelona at the top of the league table. Sneijder has started to recreate the form he showed in the early weeks of the season in recent times and the midfielder believes that everyone on the team has to keep playing as they are now for the remainder of the season if they are to take the title. "We must be calm and continue playing as we have been, with confidence... there are still many difficult games left," he told Marca. "Nine points are not so many, it is only three games." Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard admitted after the weekend's matches that Madrid are a better side at the moment, but Sneijder believes that his fellow Dutchman is using mind-games and that the best team will be the one that takes the title at the end of the season. "We are first, with a nine point advantage and we beat them at the Camp Nou. For that reason it is clear that we are a good team at the moment, but most important is who is the best team at the end, who is the champion. "We have a lot of confidence, but we must maintain the same fight and the same spirit throughout the team until the end of season." Madrid play host to Barcelona on the penultimate day of the league season and it was put to Sneijder that it would be a memorable occasion if his side confirmed the title in that match. "Naturally it would be very exciting to be champions in that match, but before that there are many games left... now we are thinking about Almeria and not that game." Finally, with Mahamadou Diarra and Fernando Gago both missing at the moment, Sneijder was asked how he felt about playing in a more defensive midfield role if the situation required him to do so. "I feel better behind the forwards and do not really enjoy being the most defensive midfielder, but it may be possible due to the loss of Gago and Diarra that usually play in that position. It will be necessary to see what happens, there are days left yet and the decision is purely Schuster's," he concluded.