In an exclusive interview with 'TyC Sports', Leo Messi reviewed the final result in the Champions League, with Real Madrid "not the best team" but who nevertheless "beat them all". "The comeback at the Bernabeu destroyed us," he confessed.
Messi spoke about the Champions League in his words for 'TyC Sports' from the Argentina national team's training complex. The Argentine spoke about the comeback suffered by PSG, Real Madrid's victory and other issues.
"The best team don't always win. Real Madrid, without taking anything away from them because they are the Champions League winners and they are always there, were not the best team in this Champions League and yet they beat them all," explained Messi.
The PSG star admitted that "what happened in Madrid", the comeback at the Santiago Bernabeu in the last 16, destroyed them. "Me, the whole dressing room in general, the whole of Paris, because we were so excited about that competition, and the way the match went, the result was a blow," he said.
He also stressed that he knows "what Real Madrid are". "I've lived it for many years, all my life, from close quarters," he said, before adding: "I knew that could happen, because they score a goal out of nowhere and automatically change the game. I also knew that on that pitch the first 15, 20 minutes they press high. And if you go through that then the game changes. But if a strange play or a goal happens it changes again and I knew it could happen and it happened to us and to all the teams you say (Chelsea, City and Liverpool). It's not the first time it's happened.