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Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola took pity on Panathinaikos saying its players have done well with a "good" team. Dismaying the greens, he said that the Spaniards did not exert any pressure during the match. What about the best player? This is undoubtedly Messi for whom he stated that “he does not spare himself and that is why he bent his head after failing to score from the penalty shot. He has always been, is and will be the best player in the world for me not only in view of what he does during the game, but also during training.”
 
What does Messi himself think? " We played excellently " - says the star on the site of UEFA. "I am a bit angry at myself for missing that penalty but the important thing was that the team won a big match. We played excellently, we continually created chances, throughout the game, and to be truthful I know that I could have scored a couple more in total." He threatens that soon the team will be even better ...
 
A day after Panathinaikos has lost from Barcelona the Greek media do not stop to comment on the game the green showed on the Camp Nou stadium. The sports www.sport.gr calls the match with the Spanish team one of the European nightmare nights in the history of PAO. The last season champion of the country lost dramatically for the sixth time in their history. Most severe was the 1-6 loss from Dinamo Bucharest in the 1989-1990. The team was also defeated 0-4 by Paris Saint-Germain in 2006-2007, 1-5 by Werder Bremen in 2005-2006, 0-5 by Barcelona in 2005-2006 and 1-4 by Bayer Leverkusen in 1993-1994. The title on the site in the last "nightmare night” is Cosmic Football and Natural Loss. Because despite the "Christmas tree" system 4-3-2-1 prepared by Nikos Nioplias, the greens did not manage to put the brakes on their opponent. The aim to curb the free circulation of the ball and slow down the pace of the game was simply unattainable. So, the plan to trap the center of the field remained only on paper. The hosts made it clear still from the beginning that their passes are not subject to any manipulations and they would play as they like.

Panathinaikos can be proud of many successes outside Greece, but Spain is an exception for the team. The greens had 13 matches in Spain. 12 of them ended with a loss and only one ended with a draw – the match with Viyareal. The greens returned with bowed heads after matches with Atletico Madrid, La Coruña, Athletic Bilbao, Valencia, Mallorca, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Seville.

This time Panathinaikos scored a goal that came in the history of the European stadiums as the 5,001^st in a row. Nevertheless, Sidney Govou stated that he "prefers the team to win instead of his scoring a goal.”

Cosmic Barcelona, escaped ... the worst Panathinaikos is the title under which www.in.gr comments the loss on Camp Nou. Indeed, the match could turn into an even greater fiasco if Tzorvas had failed mentally. The Greek, who took the ball 5 times out of the net, managed to save it at least as many times. He called Barcelona "formidable team” before the media that needs no good day to play well. "They caused us a lot of trouble. We might react otherwise, but we defended for 95 minutes and it cost us a lot "- said the goalkeeper.

According to Nikos Nioplias, it is not a problem to lose from Barcelona. But it is a problem to allow such a big difference in the result. "The team lacked matches and pace." What about the tactics? He would not change it. "Barcelona can master the situation and play with you as it likes.”

The title on www.sport24.gr is simple: Barcelona - Panathinaikos 5-1. The result always speaks for itself in such losses...