Lionel Messi Feels Barcelona doesn’t Deserve to Lose from Atletico

DBasia.news –  Lionel Messi was disappointed after suffering a 3-2 defeat to Atletico. He felt that Barcelona should not have lost in the Spanish Super Cup semifinal match which was held on Friday (10/1) AM at the King Abdullah Sport City stadium, Saudi Arabia.

In addition, the Blaugrana are also the club that has collected the most Spanish Super Cup titles as many as 13. In strata, it is far superior to Atletico, who have only collected 2 titles so far.

“We don’t deserve to lose. It’s a shame, we had a great game, we feel good, better than we have done recently,” Messi said.

Even more ironic because Barcelona relatively dominates the game. Luis Suarez and colleagues were left behind first through Koke’s goal in the 46 minute. However, they were able to get up and score two replies through Messi and Antoine Griezmann.

Until finally Barcelona’s disaster came in the 81 minute. Referee, Jose Luis Gonzalez, pointed to the spot after Neto violated Vitolo in the forbidden box. Alvaro Morata who was chosen as the executioner was also successful in fulfilling his duties.

The climax was created in the 86th minute. Angel Correa scored the decisive goal of Atletico’s victory in the match that was held at King Abdullah Sports City.

“We controled the game, attacking throughout. Then in 10^th minute they reversed the position where we should have stopped it before that happened,” added Messi.

This defeat has increasingly completed the bad trends experienced by Barcelona since mid-December. When totaled, Ernesto Valverde’s team only won once in the latest five matches.

As a result, Barcelona’s position in the La Liga standings is now increasingly far from safe. Their score is now equal to Real Madrid who has now packed 40 points.

“Yes, we are trying to perform better. We have not played well now and need to restore our performance – even though we are now the top of the [La Liga] standings,” continued Messi.