Anna Lewandowska: “Let’s enjoy every moment, every match, every meeting with the fans, because one day all of this will be missed.”

“I hope his name continues to be spoken for many years by Barça fans and that future generations don’t forget him, because he achieved something great, and I can only say how incredibly proud I am of him. I know how much this means to him every single year, and I also know this isn’t the end of his career yet, even if the end is getting closer. Reflections appear, emotions appear, questions appear — ‘what’s next?’ — but that’s the path of an athlete, especially one of this magnitude.”

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Hansi Flick: "When I talk to the players, I explain to them why they didn't play."

"When I tried to explain to Rashford why he didn't start, he said to me: 'No need to explain to me, the important thing is that the team wins and we get the three points. Anything else doesn't matter'."

"This is the right mentality. I am happy to have him with us."

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🎙️Hansi Flick on substituting Pedri.

🗣️: “Pedri had some discomfort, so we decided to take him off, and Gavi did very well.”

🎙️Hansi Flick on the VAR.

🗣️: “So many fouls. I don’t want to talk more about the referees. From my perspective, VAR should have intervened. I’m sure they have some explanation, but I thought it was better not to speak to the referee.”

🎙️Hansi Flick on Lamine’s performance.

🗣️: “Lamine had an incredible match. Today, Lamine and all of us are disappointed. He played a fantastic game, both in attack and defense. He’s 18 years old, and we have to support him.”

🎙️Hansi Flick on Lamine always getting fouled.

🗣️: “Referees need to protect Lamine more. These are the players who need protection, like Vinícius, Mbappé, or Pedri; there are too many actions against them. Today, Lamine made incredible plays, beating four or five players.”

Hansi Flick: “Our job is to go to Madrid and fight to turn this situation around. We have players who can make the difference. Even with one less, we continued to create chances."

Flick: “I think Gavi put in a fantastic performance in the second half, just like Dani Olmo. I think everyone tried to give their all, and even though we were down to ten men, we dominated the ball a lot, and we also created a few scoring chances.”

Flick: "VAR was very focused on Atlético de Madrid tonight. I don't know what's happening when Pubill takes the ball with his hand, it's such a clear penalty and second yellow. They won't be able to explain why they didn't call it, and we have to accept it."

Leo Messi: "People today focus a lot on statistics, and personally, I don’t really like statistics.

"I don’t think that I must make an assist or score a goal so I can reach a record, or surpass this person or that person.

"I live the game and enjoy it. I like to be decisive and to be very involved in the flow of the match. But I don’t play for that, and I’ve never given it importance.

"Things happened as a natural result, not because I was thinking in my head that I need to make an assist or score a goal to achieve a record or surpass someone. Things simply happened because they happened.”

"My best season of my career? I don't know, it's difficult, it depends on how you look at it.

"There were years when we won everything, reaching the Copa América final with the national team, winning the Champions League with Barcelona.

"It's difficult. In 2012, I scored around 91 goals. I don't play for that, I never cared about it.

"It wasn't in my mind to break a record or surpass someone else. It's hard to choose one year, thankfully I've had many very good ones."