'Just hand Barca the trophy next season', snipes Ronaldo after Real Madrid's controversial semi-final loss

Posted Thursday, May 05, 2011 by Daylife.com

'Just hand Barca the trophy next season', snipes Ronaldo after Real Madrid's controversial semi-final loss
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'It has happened again - just like always,' he said after the game. 'Playing 11 against 11 we have shown we can compete without complexes and it takes me back to the first game; if we had finished 0-0 (the score before Pepe was sent off), tonight's 1-1 would have taken us through to the final.'

Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola did not agree with the opinions on the refereeing of both legs, insisting it was not the main talking point.

'I don't have time for that, it has been a tough 20 days and we have played the richest team in the world many times, the referee may have had an influence but we were very good in the second match,' he said.

Guardiola also said he was happy to be returning to the venue where the club won their first European Cup 19 years ago.

'Football is coming home so it an honour to play at Wembley,' he said. 'We won our first Champions League in 1992 at the old Wembley and we are ever so proud for our club and players.'

The 40-year-old Barca manager thinks Manchester United will progress against Schalke to set up a repeat of the 2009 final which his side won 2-0, but he believes that would have no bearing on any potential rematch.

'I suppose it will be Manchester [in the final], it was two years ago and I think Sir Alex Ferguson will always be there so for us it is an honour and for me as a young coach it is an honour to arrive at the final and play them,' he said.

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