"The Champions League is another level, the Champions League isn't these things. Barça right now isn't enough to win the Champions League". This is how Edu Aguirre began his assessment of Barça's setback in Milan.
"Offensively, they play very well, very well. They have some kids with a spectacular, amazing future. Lamine is very good, but it's not enough for them to win the Champions League."
"They Complain About the Referees!"
"A mediocre Inter can't score seven goals against you in two matches. Barcelona, defending, is a disaster. They complain about the referees! The message from everyone, even Flick, who didn't talk about the referees, is the referees."
"They've been criticizing Real Madrid for months over the Real Madrid TV videos, for what happened in the Copa del Rey... Now they complain about the referees!"
"Defend better! Inter scored four against you. You had the historic comeback of the best Barça of the last ten years. In half an hour you did it and in the 93rd minute you're going home".
"They've Filled Their Heads with the Treble"
"Why? Because you lack experience, because you lack edge, because you can't stop competing defensively. Minute 93, go to the ground and the match doesn't get played".
"But they've filled their heads with the treble, the best team in history, a new era... they've forgotten to compete, to waste time. It's okay".
"They try to play the ball out and Inter, with a couple of things, sends you home. They need to self-criticize, because Barcelona attacks fantastically well, but defends very poorly".
Blow to Lamine Yamal
"They've believed that this was enough with phrases like: "as long as I win, they can't say anything to me", he says referring to Lamine Yamal".
"Well, boy, today they made a fool of you". If the fans talked so much about the treble and boasted so much. They mocked Real Madrid throughout the season, now it's your turn to lower your head and take the blow of the last ten years, because the expectations were very high".
"It's a Good Team, But... Home!"
"But this is the Champions League, where Madrid has won six titles in the last ten years. the best Barça of the last ten years managed to reach the semifinals".
"They get knocked out in the first tough field. Benfica in the round of 16, Dortmund in the quarterfinals, and now Inter. It will be enough in the future, but today you have to compete".
"The pretty touch and how good we are and how we laugh isn't enough... It's a good team, but... home!"