The world-wide press valued the elimination of Champions of the Barça

With the step of the hours, the international media had sufficient time as to digest and value the unexpected elimination of the FC Barcelona of the UEFA Champions League in the quarter-finals against the Athletic of Madrid, but no thus they were more benevolent with Luis Enrique and the players blaugrana. In fact, the Asturian technician and the Argentinian star of the team, Leo Messi, were those who carried more sticks by part of the international press, that follows without understanding the incredible bajón of performance of the Barça after the stop of selections.

This was what said some of the most prestigious means:

Olé (Argentina): "Derrumbó to Imperio". "Triunfazo Of the Athletic of Madrid. It was more than deserved that it have attained the passage to the semifinal of the Champions, because it was the only leading in the turn". "And Messi? And the Barça? It did not know, it could not and it did not find the way to counter to the venue.

Globoesporte (Brazil): "Goodbye, Barça". "Unrecognizable". "A lot of balloons to the area, but very little creativity". "The ones of Madrid advance, the Catalans finish his way".

L'Équipe (France): "The Atleti was the hangman of the Barça". "Two years after the elimination in chambers, of way to the historical final against the Real Madrid, the Athletic has gone back to leave was to the Barcelona". "This is the year of the confirmation for the Athletic. Griezmann, leader of a big club".

The Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy): "Barça, the fall of the gods". "Big night of Simeone, that goes back to celebrate in front of the Barça after seven K.Or. Consecutive adding League and Glass. Bitter night for Messi and company, first defeat after 26 eliminatory international for the Barça".

Daily Mail (England): "A doublet of Griezmann throws to the favourite". "It seemed that the Barça was not smart for the battle". "In the first part was a Barcelona desdibujado". "There was not button for silenciar to the Calderón". "Neither there were news of Messi". "Neither he neither Neymar have been the same from the eliminatory sudamericanas".

Daily Mirror (England): "Griezmann deletes to the champion". "The two teams of Madrid do to wobble to the Barça". "The Athletic is candidate, the test for any team that want to win a Champions is to win to the Barcelona".

The Guardian (England): "The slogan that hanged of bridges and balconies in Madrid said 'never leave to believe. The Athletic did not do it". "The pressure grew and the Calderón did not leave to sing". "End to the dream of two tripletes consecutive".

This is what published in Spain:

Mark: "Which way to grow!". "Which way to believe. Which way to feel. The Athletic closed a historical when deleting of the Champions to the current champion of the League of Champions". "The Athletic went out attacking to the yugular of the Barcelona".

The World: "The Athletic of Griezmann signs the esquela of the champion". "The poor, the Athletic, embrace the faith with gladden for desparramar to the rich, the Barça, thrown at the end on the lawn of the Calderón, derrumbado in front of the conmovedora excitation rojiblanca". "The Barcelona, without faith, without football, with a trainer without plans B and without the magic of the mesías, is in the street".

Sport: "Griezmann And the referee delete to the Barça". "It could not be". "The Athletic, acclaimed by his public, went out to eat to the Barça". "And when all was decided, or at least like this seemed it, arrived the scandal. Rizzoli No pitó a clear penalti by hands of Gabi inside the area...".

Sportive world: "A Barça without resources falls in the Champions". "These minutes to leave died the party without haste by at all were missing him to the Barça at the end to aspire to another Triplete". "It did not go to be the rest of the very recommended party for the heart of the barcelonistas, conscious to be to the edge of the abyss and slope up the way of turn".