Speaking to the media after the game, the 33-year-old said: “This game represents the entire year. We have been an erratic and weak team.
“Madrid did its part by winning all its matches, which is impressive, but we also helped them to win this league. We have to be critical of how we have played, starting with the players, and the rest of the club.
“We have lost because of our mistakes and not because of Madrid’s successes, as many say.
“The feeling on this team is that it tries, but that it cannot get the job done. Today in the first half they were better than we were and it seems we have to fall behind to react like we tried to do in the second half.”
“We are going to have to change a lot if we want to do something…”
Barcelona will turn their attention to the Champions League in August, but Messi says they must improve immensely if they aren’t to be knocked out by Napoli.
“I said it some time ago, that playing like this we had no chance of winning the Champions League, and it turns out we didn’t even have enough to win La Liga,” the Argentine continued.
“We need to take a breather, let some air in, and clean out minds of all that has happened since December.”
“Playing like this we will lose against Napoli.
“We have to start from zero in the Champions League and blame ourselves for what went wrong.”
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