Barça had an advantage in the first leg and left the Copa del Rey with a win (0-4) in the second leg of the semifinals at the Camp Nou against Real Madrid. A setback that left Sergi Roberto with a face of circumstances, surpassed in the second goal, and that drove Ronald Araújo mad, faced at the end of the match with a too talkative Vinícius.
"His goal at the end of the first half affected us. We didn't deserve it. We had created more opportunities. It touched us morally. Then the second came and we couldn't play our game", explained Roberto, starter in the Barça starting eleven due to to the casualties in the center of the field of Pedri and Frenkie De Jong.
"The team has been superior in the first half. We were dominating," insisted Roberto, who found no explanation for Barça's bad second half, the team totally surpassed, game and bottomless, a broken toy in the hands of the fast white forwards. "We've only talked about making a couple of adjustments at half-time," he said.
After winning the Spanish Super Cup in Arabia, defeating Madrid on that occasion, the blaugrana have the League left after the sinister final in the Cup. "We wanted to compete for the two titles. A pity," lamented the Catalan, in addition to ensure that they do not see the League title in danger, where they have a 12-point advantage.
"We have a considerable distance. I'm sure it won't affect us in the League," he concluded. Barça will be able to turn the page on this disappointment next Monday, when they face Girona at the Camp Nou in the match corresponding to matchday 28 of the domestic competition.
Ronald Araújo, who assumed the blow dealt by Madrid but insisted on giving importance to the regularity tournament, expressed himself along the same lines: "We are going to recover players who are important. We have to continue, we have to go for the League, which It is the most important objective. We have to learn from this. It won't take its toll on us", explained the Uruguayan central defender.
"Sad for not going to the final. With the second goal we went down a lot. In a against they scored us the goal. It is always hard against the eternal rival but you have to change the chip. It hurts to lose against Madrid. You have to recover and be clear what is the goal this season", remarked the defender.
Araújo lost his cool at the end of the game in his always intense duel with Vinícius, whom he pushed in the final stretch and cost him a yellow card. "I'm always very calm. He's a great player. It's always a healthy duel, but he was talking to people. He was saying everything to our people. If he dedicated himself only to playing football it would be better. I warmed up," explained the Brazilian .
The first goal that began to tip the balance in favor of the whites began with a bad decision by Marcos Alonso, who arrived late to a divided ball before Rodrygo mounted the counter. "It's a screwed up moment. We must continue as we do in the League. That's the important thing, we have eleven finals left," explained Alonso, who acted as center back and was substituted in the second half.
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