Lionel Messi in rare interview after osasuna game blames the team for being weak.
Says Barcelona must quickly change course to have a chance in the champions league.
Barcelona’s Spanish league title defence come to a disappointing and meek end, and Barca skipper Lionel Messi didn’t hold back.
Messi blasted his team for being “weak” after Real Madrid wrested the league title away from Barcelona for the first time in three years on Thursday, and said it must quickly change course to have a chance at winning the Champions League.
Real Madrid clinched the title by beating Villarreal 2-1 but would have lifted the trophy regardless of that result after Barcelona slumped to a 2-1 loss to an Osasuna side that finished with 10 men.
“This game represents the entire year. We have been an erratic and weak team,” Messi said in a rare TV interview just after the final whistle sounded at an empty Camp Nou.
“Madrid did its part by winning all its matches, which is impressive, but we also helped them to win this league. We have to be critical of how we have played, starting with the players, and the rest of the club.”
The team will now shift it’s focus to the champions league next month in Lisbon, Portugal. With Barcelona needing to overcome Napoli in the second leg, after a 1-1 draw in the first leg, to enter the tournament-style proper.
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