FC Barcelona´s technical secretary Txiki Begiristain admitted that the elimination from the Champions League to Liverpool has been a major disappointment but stressed out that the season is far from over.


Txiki explained:

It is a major disappointment to go out of the Champions League again. We went through this two years ago, so we know what it is all about. But I don't like talking about failure. For me, the word "failure" can only be applied once the season is over. That's when we will see where we are and how it has all ended. What we have won and what we have lost. If we win the two titles we have left to play for, we can say it has been another fantastic season.

Liverpool are a difficult, strong, disciplined team, who play very physical football. They players work well together, they play great team football. They play to their style. The year they won the Champions league, they did something very similar in the semi finals against Chelsea. If they have gone through in the end, then it is because they deserved to, and because they scored twice at the Camp Nou. These are the small details that have gone on to decide the tie.

We wil continue to employ the same style. It is because we have won so many games playing our way. We like playing like that and the fans do too. We won the League and Champions league playing our style.