Ernesto Valverde has to prioritize the UEFA Champions League this season.
It’s what the fans want, and seemingly, what the players want. Lionel Messi is not just the team’s best player, he’s the team captain, and he seems determined to win it.
”Although last year we won La Liga and the Copa del Rey, we all got stung in the Champions League,” Messi said to the fans at the Joan Gamper Match. “We promise that we will do everything possible so that this beautiful cup returns to the Camp Nou again.”
Luis Suárez said recently that he regrets playing in the league match against Leganés three days prior to Barcelona’s fateful loss to AS Roma in the UEFA Champions League, because it left him not quite 100% fresh.