Xavi raises his hands: "The Champions League was cruel to us, we will focus on the league"

An Inter victory over Plzen in the next round will send Barcelona back to the Europa League, the coach asked to change his thinking after the dramatic 3:3: "We paid for the mistakes".

Busquets: "As soon as we absorb, there is chaos"

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13/10/2022

Thursday, October 13, 2022, 00:11

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Tiktukno: summary of today's events in sports, 12.10 (Sport1)

Although Barcelona was not already eliminated from the Champions League this evening (Wednesday), when Robert Lewandowski saved them with 3:3 against Inter in the 92nd minute and Marc-Andre ter Stegen provided a tremendous save afterwards.

But still the chance of the Catalans avoiding parting with the plant in the group stage for the second year in a row - is quite small.

Regardless of Barca's result at home against Bayern Munich in about two weeks, a home win by the Nerazzurri over Viktoria Plzen in the next round also finally closes the battle for second place, as Inter have an advantage in the head-to-head balance thanks to the 0:1 at San Siro last week.

And now, after the European disappointment and when the chance of reaching the knockout stages of the Champions League is quite small, Barcelona has to prepare for the big El Clasico against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu on Sunday.

Inter's careless miss in the 94th minute

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Barcelona had not won a game in which they led at half-time, after 17 times it had happened.

The coach admitted: "The situation in the Champions League is too complicated, the factory was too cruel for us. We need to change our thinking and focus on the league. Everyone saw that we played with our heart. In Munich we paid for the lack of effectiveness, in Milan there were other circumstances and today we paid for our mistakes. The principle in football is to reduce As much as we can make mistakes, but we made terrible mistakes that cost us dearly."

Captain

added: "Their first goal affected us a lot, it seems that as soon as we concede there is chaos. In the Champions League things go the other way around, we were not lucky enough in games where we deserved more. It's disappointing, especially after all the work put in here. We were drawn to a difficult house, but we aspired to achieve much more than it."

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He said at the end: "As long as there is a little hope, we must continue. At these levels you must not make mistakes because it will kill you."

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