Football superstar, Lionel Messi, has said that Barcelona, by its attitude in the closing season, helped Real Madrid to win the league title.
He said Barca lost the battle due to negative tendencies that cut across board.
He said, “After the break Madrid have not lost any games and they deserve credit for that but we have also helped them a lot.
“We lost a lot of games that we should not have lost and we have to be self-critical, starting with the players, but it has to be a total self-criticism from everyone because we are Barcelona and we are obliged to win the matches whatever happens and instead look at us.”
There have ben claims that Messi might exit Barca, after having spent all his eventful years there.
Unlike his outstanding peer Cristiano Ronaldo, who has played for different clubs including Man U, Real Madrid and now Juventus, Messi has stayed put with Barca, which is one of the points some critics raise against him.
In an interview with AFP after Barca lost 2-1 to Osasuna while Madrid’s 2-1 victory confirmed their victory, Messi said his club would not do well if they continued the way they had done this season.
“The feeling of the team is that it tries but can’t do it, that we leave a lot to be desired in many areas and today in the first half I think they were better than us,” Messi said after the loss to Osasuna.
“I said long ago that if we continued in this way, it would be very difficult to win the Champions League and that has been shown to be the case in La Liga too.
“If we want to fight for the Champions League we will have to change a lot because otherwise the match against Napoli, we will lose that as well,” he said.
