Jota Jordi was crying about the referee on El Chiringuito. He was congratulating Real Madrid for the only title out of seven won yesterday at San Siro (he forgot the European Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup).
"Like Every Year, This Is Just Another One"
Guti had his strong response ready: "Swallow it, like every year, it's okay, this is just another one. You flipped the coin today, it came up tails and instead of scoring one more, one less."
"Today There Was a Worldwide Conspiracy Against Barça", Guti replied ironically to Jota Jordi's complaints about the referee and the FIFA president's Interista condition.
"A conspiracy by everyone. But Barcelona conceded seven goals. This is the reality", Guti added.
Guti expanded his conclusions: "I saw a very irregular Barça in the first half, where they were outplayed by Inter. Not just because of the two goals, but because Barça wasn't creating anything either, unless they gave the ball to Lamine."
"A Coin Toss, and This Time It Came Up Tails"
"It's true that then the first fifteen minutes were very good and they gave Barça the 2-2 draw. And Inter had many doubts. In the end, that Araújo mistake condemns Barcelona.
Barcelona's Situation Is the Same All Year: It's a Team That Concedes Many Goals. When You Concede Four Goals Away, It's Very Difficult to Get Into a Final. It's Always Been Like a Coin Toss and Almost Always It Came Up Heads, Except This Time, It Came Up Tails".
"It's great to attack, it's great to score many goals, but a team that wants to reach a final has to concede very few goals. When you concede seven goals in a semifinal tie, it's very complicated, even though you scored six.
"Barça Played with Fire"
But even scoring six goals wasn't enough to reach the final. And that against an Inter that didn't have much and wasn't proposing anything either."
"Barça played with fire all year, almost everything went well for them. And this is the first time it went wrong. It's admirable what the coach did, ending up with many homegrown players, but it's complicated to get a team like that into a Champions final."