Lionel Messi’s noble spirit: Acknowledging the defeat over Real Madrid

DBasia.news – Lionel Messi has been highly disappointed. The defeat of Barcelona from Osasuna is equipped with the certainty of Real Madrid achieveing the title.

Madrid has indeed locked the title after conquering Villarreal with a score of 2-1 in the match week 37, Friday (17/7) AM. While at the same time, Barcelona actually surrendered with identical scores when hosting Osasuna.

In the standings, the two teams are now within seven points (Madrid 86 points, Barcelona 79 points). With one match remaining, it is impossible for the Catalunya club to overtake its nemesis.

“I think Real Madrid are doing what they have to do. They have done well since the competition resumed after the break,” Messi told Movistar.

“Looking back during this season, of course Madrid deserves it. We have to look back on ourselves and find out where it went wrong rather than seeing other teams.”

The performance when the competition resumed during the pandemic is indeed the key to the LaLiga title hunt this season. When Madrid were able to step on the pedal by always winning, Barcelona actually often slipped.

Implicitly, Messi also criticized Barcelona’s game. He doubted that he could win the title again next season if there were no significant changes in Quique Setien’s team play.

“Of course, we have a lot of injury problems and a lot of points lost in games we shouldn’t have. It’s difficult if you play the way we play here today to win the title,” he added.

After failing to win the LaLiga, Barcelona and Messi has one trophy that is still likely to be achieved, the Champions League. But it also will not be easy to do as the opponents they will face are the best European clubs at the moment.