Lionel Messi thinks Barcelona fans are lacking patience after they lost their La Liga crown to Genuine Madrid following high-profile failures in the Champions League against Liverpool and Roma.
Madrid were crowned La Liga winners this evening following a 2-1 victory over Villarreal while Barcelona lost 2-1 in the house to Osasuna.
Messi was part of the Barcelona group that crashed out of the Champions League semi-final at Anfield last season after leading the first-leg by three objectives. They similarly imploded versus Roma at the quarter-final phase the previous term.
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” We lost a great deal of points and todays game is a summary of the season.
” Roma, Liverpool … the fans are running out of perseverance due to the fact that were not offering them anything,” Messi said. “If we want to combat for the Champions League, a lot has to change. Like this, we will lose to Napoli.
” We were irregular throughout the season. Genuine Madrid did their thing. We lost a great deal of points. We need to do some self-criticism. We are Barça.”
And the Argentine thinks Barcelona will exit again if they do not change their fortunes on the field with a definitive round of 16 second-leg against Napoli approaching in August.
” Roma, Liverpool … the fans are running out of patience because were not providing them anything,” Messi stated. Like this, we will lose to Napoli.
We lost a lot of points.
” We didnt desire to end the season like this however it represents how the season has actually gone. We were a very erratic, extremely weak, low-intensity group …
