LA Galaxy players react to bonkers Barcelona comeback
PARIS SAINT GERMAIN stars have been accused of partying into the early hours with pop superstar Rihanna just two days before their humiliating 6-1 defeat to Barcelona.
Neymar converted on the penalty try to draw Barcelona level, but still needing another goal, Barcelona’s Sergi Roberto found net in the final seconds.
Speaking after the game to BT Sport, Ivan Rakitic described the result as “crazy” and likened it to the New England Patriots’ recent comeback in Super Bowl LI. “I threw myself at the ball with everything I had”, said the midfielder.
Enrique announced last week that he will be leaving Barca at the end of the campaign, having already won eight out of a possible 10 trophies since replacing Gerardo Martino as boss in 2014.
“I haven’t spoken to the players yet, it’s not the right time”. “What defines this victory is the faith that the players and fans had”. We started really well, constantly recovering the ball, but not many clear chances on goal. “This is a nightmare for everybody”.
One man who will rightly take some blame will be manager Unai Emery. “Everybody is upset but now is not the time to talk about it”, he said.
But they were hammered 6-1 in Spain, knocking them out of the competition with a 6-5 aggregate loss.
“I could see that [Gerard] Pique hadn’t reached it and I threw everything at it”. We had nothing to lose today, we had lost everything in Paris. “We were prepared for all this”. We made mistakes for the two first-half goals.
Barcelona’s staff spilled on to the pitch to celebrate at the final whistle in scenes more reminiscent of a Champions League final than a round-of-16 tie.
Security personnel try their best to clear the road ahead of the vehicle, but they are more than outnumbered by the groups of excited fans.
The five-time European champions scored 13 goals in the three matches since Luis Enrique made the switch to three defenders, four midfielders and three forwards. Those prayers were answered by Edinson Cavani, who scored in the 62 minute to make it 5-3 on aggregate for PSG.
“If they can score four goals against us, we can score six”, he said (via France24).
At the post-match conference, Gerard Pique, who became an auxiliary forward as Barca pushed for the victor said, “Hospitals need to hire more nurses in the next 9 months because tonight a lot of lovemaking will be happening”.