“Pissed off” and “outraged”. Xavi Hernández's feeling after the defeat against Inter Milan was shared by all of Barcelona as he did not understand the arbitration decisions that harmed Barça at the Giuseppe Meazza. Beyond the controversy, the Barça coach did not excuse the discreet game of his team, which has no more lives left if it does not want to say goodbye to the Champions League again in the group stage like last year.
“We woke up late. Only the last 20 minutes were good, bottling up the rival. But during the game we lacked dynamism and the chances we had, generating more than them, we didn't materialize. We tried to play on the outside and on the inside it was difficult for us because Inter finished well, they are a strong defensive team".
He missed the quality in the last meters. "We lacked that talent in the last pass, making the right decision that allows you to make a difference. We tried in every way but it couldn't be," said the Blaugrana coach after the game.
More than for the game, Xavi leaves Milan worried about the defeat. We have three points and we are in a very complex situation. We have three finals left to try to qualify, two of them (Inter and Bayern) at home. We will have to raise them with more intensity because the first part we were not at the level required by the Champions League. We lacked rhythm."
The Barça coach is not consoled by the fact that his team has been competitive in Munich and Milan if that staging does not translate into points. “There are two defeats, even though the results could have been settled in another way. We have to demand more of ourselves,” he said.
Bayern leads the Group C standings with nine points out of a possible nine, followed by Inter with six. Barça, with three, depends on itself to reach the round of 16 if they win all three games in the second round: against Inter and Bayern at home and on the last day against bottom side Viktoria Pilsen in the Czech Republic. If not, the Blaugrana team should then take out the calculator so as not to end up in the dying Europa League again.
