Hansi Flick promised Barcelona will learn from their Champions League semi-final elimination through Inter and return stronger in the future.
Barca was about to reach their first European showpiece for a decade after organizing an unlikely comeback in Tuesday's second stage in San Siro, only for replacement Davide Frattesi to hit the winner for Inter in extra time.
After 2-0 chased, Barca roared back to lead 3-2 by goals from Eric Garcia, Dani Olmo and Raphinha, while Lamine Yamal hit the pole in the dying phases.
But Francesco Acerbi made it 3-3 on the night and 6-6 on aggregated in stopping, and Inter stood strongly in the extra period and progressed through the left-wing winner of Frattesi.
Barca had chased a Treble after winning the Copa del Rey last month, but they will now focus on Laliga, where they are four points from Real Madrid with four more games.
Barcelona will be unbeaten in the interior, Barcelona will try to achieve a fourth consecutive victory over Madrid on Sunday if they get the chance to close the title.
“We will learn from this. It is a progression. We want to keep learning. We don't have much time to train now, but next weekend we are back. It's normal to be disappointed,” said Flick.
“The team deserves the respect they have earned. We play to win, we want to win titles and we have LaLiga, with a very difficult match. We have a few days to prepare for this game.
“Every player, when they come home, can look in the mirror and be proud of themselves. We will calmly analyze the game and see what we can do.”
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However, Flick was upset about various referee decisions after Tuesday's game.
Polish referee Szymon Marciniak has awarded Inter a penalty after a VAR review for a challenge from Pau Cubarsi on Lautaro Martinez that he was initially not an infringement, such as Hakan Calhanoglou the second of the Nerazzurri scoring scoring.
Marciniak later also returned a spot kick that he had awarded for Barcelona, ​​where the VAR said that the mistake of Henrikh Mkhitaryan on Yamal took place just outside the box.
Moreover, Barca's players and bench complained about what they thought handball was in the box by Inter Defender Acerbi and an error by full-back Denzel Dumfries on Gerard Martin in the structure to the Equalizer, who brought the game to extra time.
“I don't want to talk too much about the referee, but every decision that was 50-50 went (inter's) way,” Flick told a press conference.
“It makes me sad. My team has done an excellent job. I don't like to talk about the referee. I told him what I think, but I'm not going to say what I said here.”