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The Argentine star issued a warning by his side, urging them to improve after the coronavirus outbreak.
Lionel Messi insisted that Barcelona cannot win the Champions League unless their performances improve, disagreeing with head coach Quique Setien.
Covid-19 has wreaked havoc globally, paralyzing the sport, with players like La Liga and the Champions League on hiatus since March.
Barça, which returned to individual practice last week, had been preparing for the Champions League second leg in the last 16 draw against Napoli when the competition was suspended due to the coronavirus.
The Spanish giants had tied Napoli 1-1 in February, and Messi claimed that Barça could not win the Champions League, a view Setien did not share in April.
Messi was asked about the Champions League again before a possible restart in August, and the six-time Ballon d’Or winner issued a warning to Barça.
“I never doubted the team we have and I have no doubt that we can win all that remains, but not by playing the way we were playing,” said Messi, who won four Champions League titles. Sport.
“Now everyone has their opinion and everyone is very respectable. Mine is based on the fact that I was lucky to play the Champions League every year and I know that it is not possible to win by playing as we have been playing.” Maybe Setien didn’t understand. “
Barça were two points from Real Madrid’s bitter rivals at the top of the League through 27 games at the time of the postponement.
La Liga officials are looking to resume the 2019-20 season in mid-June when the German Bundesliga restarts on Saturday.
“This break can end up benefiting us, but we are going to see if the competitions can start and there we will leave doubts, because we will check the level we have or can reach when we start,” Messi said.
“Returning to training is a first step, but we must not trust ourselves and we must continue to take all necessary precautions and assume that we have to start playing when they arrive but behind closed doors.”
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“Personally I am looking forward to the competitions. We know that everything will be strange, without fans in the stadium and with the theme of the concentrations that we really would not like to have to separate from our families. You have to look at how it looks.”
Messi added: “Physically I feel very good. I was training at home these days and I think it helped me stay in shape.”
“Very hard confinement, but with the children and with Antonela everything ends up becoming moments that I try to enjoy together.”
