Barcelona's Champions League bid hit the rocks for the second time and coach Luis Enrique has called for another salvage operation after a 3-0 Champions League quarter-final loss to Juventus
Paulo Dybala and (inset) Luis Enrique
Luis Enrique
Turin (Italy): Barcelona's Champions League bid hit the rocks for the second time and coach Luis Enrique has called for another salvage operation after a 3-0 Champions League quarter-final loss to Juventus.
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"Until tomorrow, I don't even want to think about how we can come back from this," Enrique raged after Tuesday's first leg loss in Turin where Argentina starlet Paulo Dybala fired the hosts into a 2-0 lead by the 22nd minute. Centre-back Giorgio Chiellini headed Juve's third to wrap up a win in the 55th minute.
Juve's Paulo Dybala celebrates a goal vs Barca on Tuesday. Pic/AFP
"If we get our act together, we can put four goals past anybody," added Enrique. "But right now, I'm so angry I don't even want to think about it. The first-half was a disaster, like it was the third half of the PSG game," said Enrique, who slammed his players' attitude.
"I haven't been able to transmit my ideas to my players. It was nothing like what I asked for. I feel very sad and impotent. What we saw was very serious," Enrique rued.