"We don't feel as bad as in Paris but we have another big mountain to climb".
Juventus held strong from then on to secure the valuable victory as the Italian champions put one foot in the semi-finals ahead of the return match at Camp Nou next Wednesday. Otherwise, it'll be impossible. However, by this speech, we can be nearly certain that Dybala will stay at Torino.
Nothing went right for Barcelona in Turin.
"Juve are a good team, but when you don't do things well you get punished".
"This was different", he said. "Their start really hurt us".
'Our second half was much better.
"We have strength throughout the squad and that is especially important in this period with all the games we have to play one after another".
Lionel Messi had the ball in the back of the Juventus net in the 30th minute after smart work from Luis Suarez, but the goal was disallowed for offside as Barcelona had to endure more frustration at the Juventus Stadium. "He has come on enormously over the last two years", Buffon continued.
The stop by the veteran Italian global sparked a counterattack that culminated in Dybala's second goal of the night.
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Zidane felt Real paid the cost for failing to take the scoring chances which came their way. With Barcelona out of Europe, La Liga is their only hope of silverware this season.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is not so confident.
'I'm an optimistic person.
'I understand the comparisons and expectations on me but I do not want to be the new Messi or the Messi of the future'. "In Barcelona we are going to have aim to score goals".
"I take responsibility 101 per cent".
"It was a hard first half, very similar to the one in Paris and the second was much better", Luis Enrique told Mediaset. But I still have the opening half in my head, like a nightmare.
Now, Juventus are very close from the semifinals and they claimed "vendetta" after the defeat in the Champions League final in 2015.
Argentina forward Paulo Dybala netted a first-half double as Juventus recorded a massive 3 - 0 win over Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday.
Subsequently, Giorgio Chiellini struck the third goal just ten minutes after the half-time to provide Juventus with a ideal finish.
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