Very disappointed, but at the start of the season I didn’t think we’d even get top four let alone win the league, league cup and get to the final of the Champions League. Chin up guys, this is not our last Champions League final. We’ll be back here before too long.
What went wrong? I think it’s quite obvious. The game changed completely as soon as Fernandinho came on. I can’t say that we’d have won the game if Fernandinho had started, but I’m pretty sure we’d have had a better chance. Pep couldn’t have got it more wrong. Chelsea must have looked twice in astonishment when they saw the team sheet.
I have no idea what Pep was thinking. Only he knows the reason for playing without a CDM and abandoning everything that won us the league and got us to the final. Let’s remember though that he is surrounded by coaching staff. I cannot fathom how not one of them went to him and said “this is suicide”.
Anyway, this was a good season. Pep is the best coach we’ve ever had. He’s likely the best we’ll ever have. It’s down to him to learn the lessons from today and I’m confident that he will. There is always next year.