DBasia.news – Barcelona secured a place in the top four of the Champions League by getting rid of the Premier League team, Manchester United, in the quarter-final second leg which took place at Camp Nou, Wednesday (17/4) WIB.
Already winning 1-0 in the first meeting, Ernesto Valverde’s side did not loosen the tempo of the attack, on the contrary the game they showed really made the visitors distress until finally being defeated with a landslide score 3-0 through goals scored by Philippe Coutinho and two Lionel Messi’s goal in the 16th and 20th minutes.
Responding to the victory and success of Barca to ensure a place in the semifinals, the team captain and scorer in this match, Lionel Messi finally spoke up on the matter. He was very satisfied with the appearance shown by his team.
“In the first five minutes, Barcelona were a little nervous, I don’t know whether the results we achieved in this match felt strange or not. But then goals after goals were present and Barca also showed a spectacular performance,” Messi said as quoted by the Mirror .
“At the moment the most important thing is that we have been confirmed to qualify for the semifinals, I really feel happy as Barcelona have won and how the team got it,” added the 31-year-old.
Barcelona’s success in ensuring a place in the semifinals also made them now able to forget the defeat of AS Roma last season. At that time, Barca, who had won 4-1 in the first leg of the last eight failed to maintain the score and were finally eliminated as in the second leg they were beaten 3-0.
Closing the conversation, Lionel Messi also made sure that his team was ready to face potential opponents in the next round, they were only waiting for the winner between Liverpool or FC Porto.
“Liverpool or Porto will be a challenging match, but Barcelona also performs well,” he explained.