The players themselves agreed that Barcelona struggled to beat Bayer Leverkusen at Camp Nou in the second round of the Champions League group-stage.
Neymar, who didn"t score, and was carefully marked by the German club in Lionel Messi"s [out with a knee ligament injury] absence, admitted at the end of the match that the team missed the Argentine. Neymar also revealed that Messi was inside the team locker room prior to the game and tried to motivate the players. He was quoted in Globo Esporte: “We know what happened on the pitch, but the important thing is to win, and we did everything by the end. Sad that Messi is not here, upset. But we have to play for him as well. We have to win for him, so that when he"s back, the team are in a good period, and first. He passed a message of encouragement to the team, and wanted us to score the goals to win."
The players themselves agreed that Barcelona struggled to beat Bayer Leverkusen at Camp Nou in the second round of the Champions League group-stage.
Neymar, who didn"t score, and was carefully marked by the German club in Lionel Messi"s [out with a knee ligament injury] absence, admitted at the end of the match that the team missed the Argentine. Neymar also revealed that Messi was inside the team locker room prior to the game and tried to motivate the players. He was quoted in Globo Esporte: “We know what happened on the pitch, but the important thing is to win, and we did everything by the end. Sad that Messi is not here, upset. But we have to play for him as well. We have to win for him, so that when he"s back, the team are in a good period, and first. He passed a message of encouragement to the team, and wanted us to score the goals to win."
