Reaction and response of Marco Asensio to assess the elimination of Barcelona in the Champions League | VIDEO

There are more repercussions from the elimination of Barcelona in the group stage of the Champions League. This time, the reaction came from Real Madrid, Barcelona’s eternal rival in Spain, through a few words from Marco Asensio. On the eve of the clash against Atlético de Madrid, the white player answered a question related to the Catalans.

“The last one I want to do to you: I don’t know if the elimination of Barcelona in the Champions League has surprised you a bit. This hasn’t happened in twenty-one years, did it surprise you? “, the Movistar journalist consulted the ‘White House’ attacker, who stared at him as he pronounced each word.

“The truth is that I don’t care what others do”, the Real Madrid striker began, while he drew a smile on his face. Immediately, he changed his gesture and said: “But, well, in the end it is always a team that is usually there and has not been able to be. We’ll see what happens to them “, Hill.

And before leaving the press room, Asensio again gave a nervous laugh, because the question put him in serious trouble due to the situation that the great adversary lives in Spain and, of course, in Europe. Of course, Marco tried to respond in the most diplomatic way possible, although his expressions said more.

Barcelona lost last Wednesday against Bayern Munich (3-0) in Germany on the final date of the Champions League. That result, and Benfica’s victory over Dinamo Kiev, left the Blaugrana team in the third box in the area and, therefore, sent them directly to the next round of the Europa League.

What awaits Barcelona

According to the tournament regulations, Barcelona and the institutions that come from the Champions League will have to measure forces with one of the clubs that advanced in second place of the eight zones in the Europa League. However, on this occasion, no crossovers can be made between entities of the same nationality.

Then, Real Betis and Real Sociedad were ruled out to face Xavi Hernández and company due to the aforementioned rule. In this way, the ‘culé’ team could collide with Rangers (Scotland), Napoli (Italy), Olympiacos (Greece), Lazio (Italy), Braga (Portugal) or Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia). Recall that the draw for the keys to this knockout round prior to the round of 16 will take place this Monday, December 13.