They did everything right.
First they turned media around, everybody was reporting how Barca gets freebies by refs - how Barca actually also play dirty but nobody really notice it etc. It got to the refs head tonight no doubt.
Than they did something to the pitch. Not only water it and not bother about grass length - the ball was like glued to the pitch. Than the players started to slip and slide - almost every time Ney turned, Alves crossed or Iniesta accelerated.
They parked the deluxe buss and only countered with 2-3 players (maybe 4-5 on 2-3 occasions).
They dived like son of a bi**es!
Than they discussed, made a scene out of every foul, almost made us get into a fight or two - everything it took too so that we couldn't get into a rhythm.
Intensity, so much intensity. Fought for every god damn ball like their life depended on it - all over the place!
Luck, so much luck. We played good in the second half, we had 4-5 very good chances to score - but it just wouldn't go in. And than the PK. I'm not even mad we din't get it, it was a difficult call - but they did their homework and all that pre-game BS about us always having the refs on our side worked.
All in all; they came fu**ing prepared, brought the passion and fire. They knew how to dismantle us and how to weaken our moral and spirit. We took it 'easy' in the first half
