Goal's Ruben Uria sat down with the club legend in an interview where the Argentine detailed his reasons for staying at the club
Goal: Why did it take you time to break your silence and go out to speak?
Messi: “First, because after the defeat in Lisbon it was very hard. We knew Bayern Munich were a very difficult opponent, but not that we were going to end that way, giving such a poor image for the city and the club of Barcelona.
“We gave a very bad image.