Mathieu Warnier, media365: published on Wednesday 07 May 2025 at 12:35 am
Asked after a great intensity return match, the defender of FC Barcelona Eric Garcia praised his team’s reaction in the second period but assures that it is not the best team that will compete in the Champions League final.
The disappointment was great in the ranks of FC Barcelona. Living a goal at the end of the regulation time of this semi-final return from the Champions League, the players of Hansi Flick saw Inter Milan tearing up the extension and then making the difference in order to validate their ticket for Munich. At the microphone of Canal+defender Blaugrana Eric Garcia agreed that “it was a match with a lot of ups and downs” but in which his training had the ability to react after a complicated first period, with his goal which relaunched the Catalan machine. “We were led by two goals at halftime. Then what we did in the second period was incredible. We should have finished and, in the end, we took a goal in the 93rd minute, it’s hard. We were in overtime and they marked, it was difficult to come back. While the Catalan defense conceded ten goals on the last three games, Eric Garcia regretted the penalty granted to the Nerazzurri on a fault of Pau Cubarsi. “For me, as a defender, there is no penalty,” he said. They then scored a third goal. There could have been fault. If the disappointment is great, the defender of FC Barcelona calls on his teammates to leave immediately from the front, with a clasico against Real Madrid this weekend. “This (Tuesday) evening, it was not for us but we will have to get up because we have a big match on Sunday,” he said.
Eric Garcia: “We know what happened with this referee”
Asked about the idea of knowing if the best of the two teams had had the last word during this return semi-final, his opinion appeared very clear. “For me, we are still the best team,” said Eric Garcia. They won this double confrontation, they are in the final of the Champions League, well done to them but I still think that my team is the best. Then spent at the microphone of the Spanish chain Movistarthe native of Martorell was more prolix in confiding that “football was very cruel” with FC Barcelona and by being unconvinced by the decisions of the referee Szymon Marciniak. “I don’t know what’s going on in this stadium but I came three times and the three times … It did not turn well for us for reasons outside of us,” he said before entrusting doubts about arbitration. We know what happened with this referee the last time we came. But I’m not going to look for excuses. In the end, we collected six goals too. To conclude, he called for players and supporters to “be proud” at the end of this European route. “This year, no one believed in us,” he said. Many were talking about a year of transition with many young people. And look at what we created. After the King’s Cup, this season could be concluded with a title of Spanish champion for FC Barcelona.
