Neymar lay down on the grass and simply cried, Lionel Messi left the field with his head down, sad emotions flooded another "Barcelona" attack master Luis Suarez. None of them could score goals for 190 minutes, constantly facing the masterfully organized defense of Turin's "Juventus", wrote lrytas.lt.
On Wednesday, the "Barcelona" club ended their appearance in the Champions League. In the second leg of the quarterfinals, the Catalans failed to score goals on their home turf and played a 0:0 draw with the "Juventus" team. The latter defeated the Catalans 3:0 in Turin.
This is already the second consecutive season that "Barcelona" leaves the Champions League in the quarterfinals.
"We had opportunities and if we had played effectively, we would have scored. So many shots not on target are simply an offensive wreck," said "Barcelona" coach Luis Enrique, who will leave the team after the season. - "Juventus" deserved to move on to the next stage. This team knows how to defend perfectly. We created enough chances to go further, but it wasn't meant to be. The defeat in Turin decided everything. I will always remember that first half."
Wednesday was the first time since May 2013 that "Barcelona" failed to score a goal at home in a Champions League match.
Some "Barcelona" fans remained in the stands after the match and applauded their heroes, blaming them for forgetting their roots and looking too much at commercial footballers.
L. Enrique said that such support helped to appreciate the difficult moment. "Barcelona" players would like to sit down for a longer time and analyze what happened, but there simply isn't time for that.
This Sunday, a "El Clasico" awaits in the Spanish championship with Madrid's "Real".
"We are human and we know that somehow all this will affect us. But we have very important matches ahead of us and we must strive to win. Although now is not our best moment, I believe we can win in Madrid," said Gerard Pique.
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