Barcelona have left themselves with all to do once again in their hopes of winning the Champions League after suffering a 3-0 loss to Juventus in the first leg of the quarter-finals on Tuesday night.
"If we do what we have to do we can turn this tie around, but if we don't then it's going to be impossible".
"It felt like the third half of PSG vs Barcelona".
"I take responsibility 101 per cent".
"I know how tough this is for the fans, but now we have to think about getting some rest". "People like me a lot here, and I am doing all I can to make them happy".
Barcelona started the second half in much better fashion with Messi rolling an effort inches wide of the upright and Buffon just beating Luis Suarez to an Ivan Rakitic through-ball.
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That's my responsibility as a coach to look at it in that vein. "Listen", he said, "guys want to play 82 games, let's face it". The mood started dampening inside the AmericanAirlines Arena long before the Bulls and Pacers jumped to early leads.
"We gave away two goals in the first half and against a team like Juventus you pay for it", he said.
"We have revived a nightmare", he added.
The Turin-based club said Dybala had renewed his contract until June 30, 2022, topping off a fantastic week for the Argentina worldwide, who scored two goals in Juve's 3-0 win over Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals on Tuesday. "I understand the comparisons and expectations on me but I do not want to be the new Messi or the Messi of the future".
Speaking earlier this week about the resounding victory over Barcelona, one of his alleged suitors, Dybala said, "I've dreamt of experiencing games like this ever since I was a child".
The pressure from the Spanish champions continued into the final five minutes and beyond, but Juventus held strong as the Italian champions put one foot in the semi-finals ahead of the return match at Camp Nou next week.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique admitted that it would be hard for his side to pull off another great escape after they again suffered a heavy first-leg defeat in the Champions League on Tuesday.
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