MADRID (AP) — Ramin Yamal renewed his promise to win. champions league Together with Barcelona.
the next day team loss After playing against Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals, 18-year-old Yamal said he would not give up and fulfill his vow to win trophies with the Catalan club.
“We are Barça, we will return to where we belong,” the teenager said on the program. Post to Instagram. “My parents taught me that a man’s word must be fulfilled, and we will deliver it to Barcelona.”
Barcelona beat Atletico 2-1 on Tuesday, but lost 2-0 in the first leg at home last week. The Catalan club was aiming to reach the semi-finals for the second consecutive season. Lionel Messi came out on top in 2015, winning the last of the five Champions League trophies.
“We tried our best, but it wasn’t enough,” Yamal said. “This is just part of the road. We have to climb to get to the top. We know it won’t be easy and they won’t make it easy for us. But giving up is not an option.”
“We have a lot of reasons to be excited, and we’re going to pursue them with all our might. Every failure is a lesson, and you have to trust that you’ll learn from each one.”
Yamal, who scored one of Barcelona’s goals on Tuesday, also spoke in similar words after his team lost to Inter Milan in the 2025 semi-finals, saying he would “not stop” until he “fulfilled his promise” to win the Champions League with the club.
Earlier Wednesday, Yamal was still using a photo on his Instagram profile of LeBron James winning the NBA trophy in 2016, when the Cleveland Cavaliers overcame a 3-1 deficit against the Golden State Warriors.
He said before the game against Atletico that James was an inspiration for Barcelona’s comeback. His team needed another goal to send the game into overtime on Tuesday.
Barcelona, led by Yamal, are nine points behind second-place Real Madrid after 31 matches in the Spanish league, and will face Celta Vigo in their next match next week.
Laporta’s complaint
Barcelona loudly complained about the two-footed referee in the match against Atletico, with forward Rafinha saying on Tuesday that the team’s refereeing was unfair and could face punishment. “Stolen”
Incoming president Joan Laporta said on Wednesday that the officiating was “disgraceful” and “unacceptable” and the club planned to lodge a formal complaint with UEFA.
“That referee was disgraceful, both on the field and in the VAR booth,” he told Spanish media. “What they did to us is intolerable. In the first leg they didn’t give us a clear penalty and sent off one of our players for a yellow card violation. The referee’s decision was very hurtful for us.”
Barcelona had already complained to UEFA about the possibility of a penalty being awarded in Barcelona’s favor in the first leg.
On Tuesday, Pau Kvarsi was sent off in the first half of the opening game, and Eric Garcia was shown a red card in the second half.
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