Lionel Messi: Barcelona captain addresses the fans at Camp Nou, says he doesn’t regret promising them the champions league last season

Archie Blade | 05/08/2019
Lionel Messi: Barcelona captain addresses the fans at Camp Nou, says he doesn’t regret promising them the champions league last season.

Lionel Messi: Barcelona captain addresses the fans at Camp Nou, says he doesn’t regret promising them the champions league last season.

Lionel Messi made the grand promise of bringing the European Championship to Camp Nou last season. He was confident that it would happen and to be fair, it almost did happen. However, like the years prior, Barcelona stumbled at the closing stages as the wait continued.

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The Spanish Champions were sitting comfortably with a 3-goal lead heading into the second leg of the semi-finals. However, in a repeat of the year before, Barcelona let go of a3-goal lead to lose the match in the second leg. Liverpool scored 4 goals to win 4-3. The season before that Roma scored 3 goals to level the score at 4-4 and take the game on away goals.

Like last year, club captain Lionel Messi addressed the crowd once again. While he promised that Barcelona would continue to pursue success, both domestic and continental, he remained more grounded this time.

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Renewed hopes

Barcelona account BarcaTimes have provided the following translation:

“It’s difficult to say anything after last season. But I don’t regret anything and I will say the same thing.

“I back these players and the coaching staff we have. Together, we’re going to fight to win everything”

 “Last season ended with a bitter taste, but we have to give value to La Liga, the eighth we have won in 11 years. That’s important and maybe we don’t give enough value to what we have done.”

“This club always goes for everything and this year won’t be any different. We are here with our hopes renewed and excited to get started. And I hope you (the fans) feel the same.”

It is true though. Barcelona and Messi personally had a phenomenal season where they almost took the league without losing a single game. However, the finish left a lot to be desired. The Champions league knock out and the Copa del Rey final loss washed all the memories of the league and the club were left to rue all the chances they missed.

Barcelona are aware that the fans are losing patience. The La Liga will always be cherished but European glory is what they truly desire. Lionel Messi will hope to enjoy success similar to last year and this time nail the crunch situations to go all the way this time.

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Archie Blade

Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.

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