Chronicle.Funeral with honors for Barcelona in Paris
Barça only lacked effectiveness.
The team showed its best side in Paris, but that was not enough to turn a tie that was very uphill at the Camp Nou.
The attitude, in this case, was the one that could be demanded of the team.
"The difference is that we have gone for everything and that way it is easier to make a match like this," said a Ronald Koeman who was very proud of his team as soon as the match ended in the Movistar Champions League.
«The first leg was an exaggerated result, they were more effective than us.
I think we have created more danger than they created in our field, but they scored four goals and we scored one.
It is not to criticize.
The team has done enormous wear and tear and it is not the first time that the opposing goalkeeper is the best in the game.
We had many opportunities, but we did not take advantage of them, “insisted the Dutchman.
In his opinion, the fact that
Keylor Navas
managed to stop Messi's penalty was all a jug of cold water.
“Going 1-2 to rest would have made everything different, especially for them.
We lost that opportunity, but we must highlight the attitude of the team.
That was the most important thing, "he added.
“All the people of Barça can be proud of the image we have given, including our president.
He said that we would show our faces and we have given our faces a lot, ”the Dutchman would add in the press room.
He even did not mind confessing that he missed a striker with a finishing profile.
"Yes it's true.
Nor is it normal to create so many opportunities against a team as strong as this.
We have risked, we have defended one on one and we did very well, but we have to be more effective.
The big difference between them and us is that they, with much fewer opportunities, scored more goals, "insisted the Barça coach, for whom the good image and the emergence of players like Pedri or Ilaix can be a stimulus for Messi to finally decide to continue at the Camp Nou.
"The decision is his, but I think Leo sees that this team is on the right track, that there is a very good future and that is not going to be an argument not to stay," Koeman said.
«It is your decision, we always try to help you in the field.
It is the only thing we can do and that, in the end, he decides what his path will be, "said
Pedri
in Movistar Champions League.
Right there, he confessed how his exchange of shirts with Mbappé was forged.
«I asked him in one of the plays of the game and, when we finished, we changed them.
He still has to reach the level of Leo, for example, but he has a lot of future ahead of him, ”the canary stressed.
The lament for the missed penalty
«We had some very clear occasions, in some we failed and in others Keylor Navas had a great night.
There were games in which we did have to do more, but this time the goalkeeper had a great game and we have to congratulate him, "added
Griezmann
who, although he confessed that it was a pity not to take advantage of the penalty, did not charge in no case the inks against that.
“It cannot be said that we have not been through that.
We had three very clear heads up and we failed, that's the way it is.
Now, you have to keep your head high and move on, "added the Frenchman, who did not hesitate to always put himself at the service of the team, even if that means having fewer minutes.
«The game we played gives us confidence for what is coming now, but we are annoyed, because we wanted to go round.
Neither the fans nor we deserved to fall so soon.
For my part, I feel very good with my teammates and with the coach.
I am here to help, whether it be ten minutes or 90. I am at the service of the bus ", settled the French.
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