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Lionel Messi cannot get over UEFA Champions League semi-final agony

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The Rosario born attacker revealed that he is heartbroken at his failure to win Spanish La Liga for the 4th successive time as well as failure in the Champions League.
Barcelona saw their reign of dominance in the Iberian Peninsula come to an end as a Jose Mourinho led Real Madrid claimed the Primera Division title in a record fashion.
The Catalan club were undone in their bid for an unprecedented 2nd successive UEFA Champions League title, bowing out of the competition in the semi-finals to eventual champions Chelsea.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 carried La Blaugrana throughout the course of the season, scoring goals at will and laying down numerous assists for his teammates. The 24-year-old Argentine finished the season with a record 72 goals, a feat unmatched in the last 70 years of
the beautiful game.
Reflecting on his hard toils for the season, Messi revealed that losing out in La Liga and UEFA Champions League has hurt him, but it was his performance against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 that has affected him the most.
La Masia academy graduate claimed that Barcelona’s bowing out of the prestigious European club competition was unfair on him, which was worsened by the fact that he missed a penalty in the second leg at the Camp Nou.
Nevertheless, Messi admitted that he could not have asked more from a season on an individual basis and their losing out on the major trophies will motivate them in the coming season.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 attacker added that he will fight more resiliently in the coming season, both with La Blaugrana and Argentine national team.
"I missed out winning La Liga and the Champions League, but I was more angry about the Champions League because it was unfair; because I missed a penalty," the pint-sized attacker said while talking to reporters in native http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841.
"I'm very happy with the season I had. But we were angry about not getting the Champions League - we were close and we were very angry.”
"But we will fight for more titles next season and the national team will look to secure a place in World Cup."
 

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