DBasia.news – An interesting opinion expressed by former Barcelona coach, Louis van Gaal. According to him, reported by the Goal, Barcelona failed to become European champions (Champions League) because of Lionel Messi.
This made Barcelona became too dependent on Messi over the past decade. Van Gaal feels every Barcelona coach after his era has always spoiled Messi until now.
“I believe there is nothing more important than players who can work with the team, Barca suffer because of that. I think Messi must ask himself how could he not win the Champions League for a long time. Look at Barcelona, how many the UCL titles they have won with the player that people say is the best player in the world? Then we see Neymar at PSG. How many UCL titles has he won?” Van Gaal said at length.
“As a team captain, you have to think about why my team didn’t win anything in Europe. I think Messi is also responsible for what happened in Barcelona, and not just the coach’s fault.”
As is known, despite successfully winning La Liga in the 2018/19 season, but Messi et al must be eliminated from Liverpool in the Champions League semifinals dramatically. Winning 3-0 in the first leg put them on the upper hand, Barcelona lost 0-4 to Liverpool in the second leg.
The last time Barca won the Champions League title occurred in 2014/15. In the final, they defeated Juventus 3-1. In that season the Blaugrana successfully won Treble Winners with the current coach, Luis Enrique.