But I understand that it was joy for him to give me the medal because we had face-to-face conversation in Cairo, where we could speak about all these problems.
"I wasn't supposed to play but I wanted to play and help my mates. "We did everything, we worked night and day to get me some game time. "I wanted to [start the game].
"We are not the top net spenders of last year or the last three or five years. We have a platform where we know what to do and we can do it with time and intelligence. "When we don't like a deal, we walk away, and we don't panic."
"My children were young and we had a very bad time. At that time, I had it in mind to leave, not because I wanted to leave Barca but because I wanted to leave Spain. I felt mistreated and I didn't want to be here anymore."
Speaking on why he decided not to move to Man United despite interest from the Red Devils, the 27-year-old told BBC Sport: "We [I and my agent] did speak to Man Utd, of course, and we did hear what was possible and what wasn't possible.
We got whatwewanted, qualified as quickly as possible and we now have five wins in a row," coach Hans Flick, who succeeded Joachim Low earlier this year, said.
"Given what he did for us and this club, we miss Cristiano. The club wanted the other players to make up for what he did, divided between the strikers and that is not easy.
"It's a long, long time that we had a goalless defence and wewanted to be solid after what happened in the second half the other day " Rohr told the press after the game.
We've been working them hard and worked them hard this morning, I wanted to stretch them and put them under pressure a bit as that's what pre-season is all about. The quicker we get to the level we want the better for us.
While we were seated, he asked us whatwewanted and we said wewanted to get high and that he should turn on the music, so he did and afterwards arranged drinks for everyone.
Speaking after the game, Ancelotti said: "What I wanted was to take a small advantage, but we have to be satisfied. "We have competed and if we do so also in the second leg we can go through."
"And some players did not have a good attitude and asked for more than what they were giving back. "Taking all of that into account, we needed time to succeed with our transition to a new Arsenal which is what I wanted," Emery said.
"The player wanted it, the father wanted it, but the rhythms are different. We didn't want what happened last time," Laporta said in an interview with Mundo Deportivo.
"It was a game that I thought would be tough for us, but I wanted to show them whatwe've got. We'd gone into two games, won two games, we had good momentum, and it kind of seemed to dampen it down a little bit.
But it is important that we have lowered the salary cap because next year we can be more ambitious. "I think we were both sad because the situation was not whatwewanted. I have not spoken with Messi since.
Some of us would like to vote you back into the house because we remember how you always said that your mum wanted you to do this. But we need to be sure this is what you want. Would you like to come back? Please?"
"When we found out we had to play again in three days, we said it was crazy and not enough rest, but at the same time wewanted to be here for what it feels like and for what this represents and for our fans."