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Barça – Gerard Piqué: “It’s a shame, I’ll be the first to leave if the club needs it …”


CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – Completely stunned by a historic humiliation (2-8), Barça players have sought no excuse after their elimination in the quarter-finals of C1. Gerard Piqué, who said he was ready to leave if necessary, called for in-depth changes. Its president Josep Maria Bartomeu responded quickly.

A humiliation. Of those that haunt you for a lifetime. This Friday evening, Barça lost 8-2 against Bayern Munich in the quarter-final of the Champions League. Yes, 8-2 … A first since 1946 and a Spanish Cup match against Sevilla. A terrible fall. And not just for coach Quique Setién, whose departure now seems a matter of time. Players, leaders, president: it is probably time for drastic changes. This is in any case the feeling of Gerard Piqué, completely defeated (but lucid) at the final whistle.

A horrible match, a bad feeling, thus released the defender at the microphone of RMC Sport. It’s shame, there are no other words, we can’t have a match like that. This is neither the first, nor the second, nor the third time that this has happened. Hope something happens, the club needs changes, I don’t want to point the finger at anyone. “Certainly, but Pique puts words on the evils of his team. And his club itself. He himself says he is ready to take a step back if necessary.

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“I will be the first to go if necessary”

Me the first, if it takes fresh blood, I’ll be the first to go if the club needs this, he confided. We all need to look at each other, to decide what is best for Barca to move forward. End of cycle ? I don’t know how to characterize it, what I do know is that there needs to be a change, not just the players. We are not on the right path, it shows on and off the pitch. In Europe, we are not at the level, and Barça must fight for victory everywhere and this is not the reality. We are at a point where we cannot do more. What happened today is unacceptable.

Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)

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Harsh words from Pique. He, one of the symbols of Barça’s old guard, who says he is ready to pack his bags if necessary. And it is certainly no coincidence that the Spanish defender, who has known everything with the Blaugrana, appeared first at the microphone after this rout. Josep Maria Bartomeu, the much-maligned president of the club, is certainly one of the people invited by Pique to reflect on this bitter failure.

Bartomeu responds to Pique

We have already made decisions in recent days. They will be communicated soon, announced Bartomeu at the microphone of RMC Sport, without revealing more. We apologize to the Barça supporters. We must try to keep energy, hope, we are all sad. It’s very hard. We have to be all together after such a hard blow, there’s nothing more to say.”

Josep Maria Bartomeu

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I’ve only been here 6 or 7 months, the club must think about all this, said Quique Setién. If Pique has to leave, a decision will be made but I’m not thinking about it at the moment. You have to make the right decisions with the future in mind. The defeat of this Friday night hurts a lot“Regarding his situation, the Barça coach prefers not to think about it. For now.”It’s too early to think about any of this, whether I’m going to continue or not. The reality is that there will be a reflection to know if I correspond to the club. We will not only talk about me, there is a whole situation to take into account. “On that, we can only agree with him.

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