Lionel Messi furious, Quique Setien still reluctant to Leave Barcelona

DBasia.news – Quique Setien does not feel like he is being criticized by Lionel Messi, who expressed his frustration after Barcelona was certain to fail to win the La Liga season 2019/20.

Barcelona’s failure came after losing 2-1 to Osasuna on Friday (7/17) AM, they had to give up the champion title into the arms of Real Madrid.

In the post-match interview, Mess appeared to be disappointed and criticized Barcelona’s appearance, calling his team “inconsistent, weak and very chaotic”.

His comments were interpreted by many as to be condemning Setien, who replaced Ernesto Valverde at Camp Nou earlier this year but failed to raise the team’s performance.

“No, not at all,” Setien said at a press conference ahead of the final match against Alaves, Sunday (7/19).

“I think in certain moments we all say things that are interpreted poorly. This is the result of the moment of frustration we experienced.”

Messi also said that Barcelona needed to make drastic changes because if Napoli doesn’t beat them, the opponents they would face in the second leg of the top 16 of the Champions League in August would.

Further failure will make Barcelona close the season without a trophy for the first time since 2007/08.

Despite the complicated situation, several sources in Spain said that the club’s president, Josep Maria Bartomeu still believed in Setien, making the coach still optimistic about his future.

When asked whether the atmosphere was unhealthy, regarding his dispute with the players, which made him consider the future, Setien replied: “Since I first arrived, I said I would enjoy it until the last day. It will be easy. ” “I have not experienced anything that I have experienced before. At this time, I never felt like leaving.”