Jordi Roura reflected on Barcelona’s ‘awful’ 4-0 defeat to Bayern Munich, but also on how the Catalans have not been ‘lucky’ with officials.
Two goals from Thomas Muller either side of Mario Gomez and Arjen Robben finishes settled the first leg of this Champions League semi-final heavily in the Germans’ favour.
“The players are sad and frustrated. This was a game that we were excited about and the result is awful,” lamented Roura afterwards.
“We’re all sad but this is football. We have to keep on going. The defeat is very painful and it complicates our chances of getting to the final.
“We will try to turn this tie around in the return leg. Miracles are hard to get and the 4-0 result is complicated, but our obligation is to fight as hard as we can.
“We will keep on trying until the referee blows the final whistle.”
Barcelona took 66 per cent ball possession during the game, but struggled to find a way through the Germans.
“In the first half we competed well but they scored from a set piece and we knew coming into the match that they were a physical side – strong and powerful.
“In the first half we had our chances. What hurt us the most was the second goal. We tried to carry on but Bayern made it very difficult.”
Controversy also surrounded the award of both the second and third goals of the night. Mario Gomez appeared to be in an offside position to net the second of the night, whilst Arjen Robben was granted space in the penalty area to finish for 3-0 thanks to a block on his marker Jordi Alba by Thomas Muller.
“There were a couple of goals that were clearly illegal.
“We haven’t been lucky throughout the competition this year and we weren’t fortunate with the decisions tonight but I won’t say that the referee had an influenced on the final result.”
