Last night (Wednesday), Barcelona found themselves out of the Champions League for the second year in a row already in the group stage, when they suffered an unpleasant 3:0 home defeat against Bayern Munich, which came after receiving the news of their relegation. The Catalan team knew it was coming, but as soon as the smallest hope left before the match between Inter and Viktoria Plzen disappeared, it affected what we saw on the grass yesterday at the Camp Nou.
After the game came the reactions to the dismissal. Padre He said: “It was a complicated game because we knew the result of the game against Inter and we probably didn’t come with the same motivation. Barcelona must always qualify from the group stage, it’s a failure. We showed that we don’t deserve to play in the Champions League. We lack a lot of things for the Champions League.”
The young midfielder continued: “We are a young team and we have made big signings, but it is clear that we are not yet at the level of the Champions League. We need to improve many things if we want to compete, we need time. Nevertheless, Barca always have to qualify. In the first match in Munich we deserved a little more , also against Inter we could have come out with a better result, but I think we are still far away. We need to self-criticize and move on.”
Xavi He also spoke at the end: “For the first time this season, I feel that we didn’t compete today, they completely took over us, we didn’t reach their level. The truth is that the relegation before the game had a great effect. We have to face reality. I already said that we have to move forward slowly, take hits and there were things Good. We have to keep moving forward. Today, Barca was not at the same level.”
“Just like we were better in Munich and we should have won, today they were better than us. This home was very complicated and everything went wrong for us in the Champions League. We are out because of our mistakes, nothing else. Now we say goodbye to the Champions League, a blow that forces us be critical”.
the president Joan Laporte Comment: “It’s very difficult, but we’ll look forward. Bayern Munich is one of the best in Europe. We’re part of a rebuilding, it’s not easy, but we’ll grow.”