Sports Writing, Feb. 23 Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquetes said on Thursday, after his side’s Europa League elimination against Manchester United, that his side are staying out of Europe this season “due to small details”.
“We put ourselves forward. And I think we had a couple of finishes to be able to make it 0-2, but in the second half that changed. They came out much, much better, they had two inside games of the area in which they managed to arrive with danger and find the free man, although the second after some refusals. From there, with the score against us, we tried and we had some arrivals .. David (de Gea) He had a very good hand from Jules (Koundé), and we had a few more arrivals”, he explained on Movistar+.
“It’s a shame. I think we competed evenly, but because of small details, which maybe made the difference, we were left behind,” he added.
Busquets doesn’t think his team lacked intensity. “It’s clear that when they score two goals and you lose, you always have to find a reason, but I think it’s that beyond the intensity, the team has been good”.
“We don’t have to look for a culprit or anything like that. We are a team and we are bad to have been left out, but we have to continue, there is a long season left,” he said. .
Recalling the previous elimination in the Champions League, Busquetes said: “I think they are different eliminations. In the Champions League, I think we were unlucky in the draw and then it s “A lot of things happened during the matches that were incredible. And that’s for you. It depresses you a bit. Likewise, we couldn’t, at some point, be up to par. You have to make a self-criticism of everything and being aware of everything. Make a broad summary”.
“It was a totally different (tie). It was a tie against an opponent who I think is in one of their fittest moments. A team among the best in Europe who are participating in the Premier , which has great players. It was a contested tie”, doko.
“You have to aspire to all the titles, but I believe that the team is aware of where it is coming from and of the process that exists and where it is going. I believe that we are on the right track, that we are very well in the League, that we have a Copa del Rey final series, that in Europe we may be missing that little point, no and it costs us a bit more and we have to learn how to compete better, but I think we have to to be aware of everything and we have to continue and surely it will not wreak mental havoc in this team,” he said.