Barcelona captain Lionel Messi confirmed that his team must return quickly to the right path in order to regain the titles and victories again for the Catalan team, which this season lost the Spanish Football League title in favor of its traditional rivals Real Madrid, after the past two seasons achieved.
Messi admitted, after his team's five-point victory over Deportivo Alaves on Sunday in the last stage of the competition's life, that Barcelona did not provide a good season, but the victory over Alaves may give him a momentum before the team's meeting with Napoli, Italy, next month in the second leg of the Champions League final. Europe.
Barca is looking forward to advancing the continental competition, which has been absent from its treasury for 5 years, to reconcile with its fans, who were very disappointed after the team failed to win any local title this season.
"We were criticizing ourselves internally, which is what we should always be," said Messi after the match - which saw him score two goals and made him one -.
"We realized a number of things. First, we did not provide a good season in terms of performance or results, as can be seen clearly."
"I think our performance today was a step forward in terms of attitude and commitment, which is what we should always have," Messi said.
He stressed that "things can go one way or another, and we must have the same desire as our competitors, or even more, and offers stem from that."
Barcelona, a goalless draw with Napoli is enough to reach the quarter-finals and meet the winner against Bayern Munich and Chelsea.