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Lionel Messi: Impossible for Barcelona to win Champions League playing as we were

Lionel Messi has given an interview to the Spanish press where he’s been talking about Barcelona’s Champions League hopes.

The captain said earlier in the season that he felt Barca ‘are not at a level today to fight for the Champions League’ which brought disagreement from manager Quique Setien.

The Barca boss said he thought his team had a “good chance” of lifting the European Cup, and Messi has now sought to offer some more insight into his thinking.

“What I said was playing as we did in those final few games before football was suspended, of course we wouldn’t win the Champions League,” Messi said.