“Crazy” Barcelona are criticized by Thierry Henry and Jamie Carragher for making the Inter Milan match “EMOTIONAL, end to end, and a cup tie too early.” Champions League aspirations for Spanish giants are in jeopardy following a tumultuous 3-3 tie.
Thierry Henry, a former Barcelona forward, and Jamie Carragher, a former Liverpool defender, chastised the Spanish team for allowing their vital Champions League match versus Inter Milan to become passionate “too early.”
After the Catalan powerhouse drew 3-3 with the Italian team at the Nou Camp on Wednesday, Barcelona no longer has control over their own destiny in the Champions League.
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Barcelona tried to score a goal to level the game after falling down 2-1 in the 63rd minute against Lautaro Martinez. In order to make it 2-2, Robert Lewandowski found it in the 82nd minute. But Robin Gosens gave Milan a 3-2 lead.
Robert Lewandowski’s late header gave Barcelona a point against Inter Milan.
Despite the draw, Inter Milan still has control over their own fate and can beat Barcelona.
Lewandowski’s late header gave Xavi’s team a point, but it put Barcelona in a precarious position. Barcelona will be demoted to the Europa League for a second consecutive year if Milan defeats lowly Viktoria Plzen in their upcoming fixture.
I just want to clarify things for everyone’s benefit… Barcelona started the game on an emotional note too soon. There are still 30 minutes left; don’t lose your mind and turn it into a mad game. After the game, Henry spoke to CBS.
It remains 1-1. You go and try to win it in the final five or ten minutes, as we’ve seen, because you want to control the qualification. Way too early, they turned it into a… cup tie and an emotional contest. And you anticipate Pique and Busquets to behave like “guys”… This is not you passing away this evening; it’s still the group stage.
Carragher concurred that the emotions were out of control, but he counseled the team’s leaders to act in this scenario with more restraint.
Barcelona was accused by Thierry Henry of starting the game off emotionally charged.
The team’s captains, in Jamie Carragher’s opinion, should have maintained focus and composure.
It doesn’t matter to me whether the competition was knockout or group stage. You should truly calm everyone down, I believe. Explained by Carragher.
Pique, Busquets Two of Barcelona’s greatest players from this age were needed to calm everyone down; they didn’t need the match to end in a draw. They needed to prevent Inter Milan from scoring over the next ten to fifteen minutes instead of trying to score themselves.
Push Inter Milan back ultimately while maintaining attacks and believing that we need one goal. If I were a Red player at Anfield, I’d place myself in that circumstance. With 30 minutes left, if you still required one goal, you would support yourself in achieving it. Make sure you don’t concede because that would make the game too emotional, open, and spread out.
Barcelona must overcome obstacles to go to the knockout rounds, and other clubs must assist them.