Barcelona continued to be behind on Tuesday as a 4-3 defeat to see Inter that they left the Champions League in the semi-final stage, with the Nerazzurri achieved an aggregated success of 7-6 over the two legs.
It was a bitter disappointing night for Barcelona, but according to Marca, head coach Hansi Flick was very proud of the performance produced by his team.
“I am disappointed, but not with the players and their performance. They have tried everything and that's how it is. We are out, but next year we will try again and try to make the whole club and the fans happy. Inter is also playing and are a great team. They defend very good and have good strikers.
“We will learn. It is a progress. We want to keep learning. We don't have much time to train. We will come back next season.”
It was a rather controversial night in the San Siro, where Barcelona felt particularly sad in the performance of referee Szymon Marciniak. Flick admitted that he has some frustrations, but he chose not to delve into the case too much.
“Some decisions were 50-50 and they always went to Inter. That is football. We have to accept it. I am very proud of my team. Sometimes you think some of the referee's decisions are unfair. But we have to accept it and start following the Champions League again is one of our goals and making our fans happy.
“I am thinking about the referee's decisions, but I don't want to talk about it. It is not honest against my team, who did it great. I don't like to talk about the referee. I told him what I think, but I'm not going to say it here.”