Lionel Messi wants a new title in the Champions League. Four times winner of the European competition, the Argentinian striker Barça has not won since 2015. Decline in recent years, especially after two big failures against AS Roma in 2018 and Liverpool in last season , the level of play of the Catalan club worries the sixfold Ballon d'Or.
The Argentinian was skeptical about the animation of Quique Setièn, the blaugrana manager. "If we want to win the Champions League, we have to grow, and a lot. Today, we are not up to par, ”he explained. Words that have no more to his coach, confident by his system in place: “After all that I have seen over the years, we can perfectly win the Champions League. I don't agree with Leo, ”replied the Blaugrana coach.
"Lautaro (Martinez) is an impressive striker"
Returning to training since the beginning of the week after the end of competition, Leo Messi returned to his statements about the level of play of his team: “The coach misunderstood what I said. What I said was that by playing the way we played before the break, it was clear that it was not enough to win the Champions League, he explained to Sport . I never doubted the team we have and I have no doubt that we can still win everything. But not the way we played before the competition ended, "he added.
Leader of La Liga and still in the Champions League, the native of Rosario ensures that “this break may be beneficial to us. We will see if we can resume competitions. If that is the case, it will remove the doubt and we will know what our level is. ”
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Finally, Messi also mentioned the transfer window of FC Barcelona and validated the track Lautaro Martinez, the striker of Inter Milan: "It is clear that in the current situation, everything will also be rarer on the market and it will be necessary to be late to be able to improve what we already have (…) I am honest with you, I am not sure that there are negotiations at this time for him, I have no idea. I think I already mentioned that Lautaro is an impressive striker, especially because I think he is very complete: he is strong, he dribbles well, he scores goals, he can protect a ball ", Messi commented about his 22-year-old compatriot.
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