The performance of Christian Schulz and his feelings after the tie were characteristic of the whole team:
The performance of Christian Schulz and his feelings after the tie were characteristic of the whole team:
The performance of Christian Schulz and his feelings after the tie were characteristic of the whole team: "We can be proud of ourselves but the disappointment outweighs that", summed up the number '27'. Despite a solid performance down the left, the 22 year old defender had to accept critisism for conceeding the second half penalty which decided the tie. "That was the turning point of the game", emphasised Werders Daniel Jensen. Torsten Frings continued: "We lost belief in ourselves after that."
Christian Schulz admittted that the penalty was justified: "The pass to Messi was inch perfect, I was caught flat and had to make a thug to get back level. I brushed his shoulder but he fell very dramatically. Yes, you can give a penaltyfor that!."
Schulz was aware of the positive points of the evening despite the negative result: "This season is on the up-and-up. I had a player like Guily under control and he did very little. That's good for my self confidence."
The German international saw improvements throughout the team: "The Spanish are a world class side but we're not missing much. After 25 minutes we stopped showing them so much respect and thinhs went well." Manager Klaus Allofs agreed on that point: "Considering the pedegree of our opponent, there wasn't much of a class difference noticable. We expected them to play as they did but we managed to cause them some problems. We had them under control before the break." Ivan Klasnic commented: "Barca didn't show all they can do and that was surely down to our performance."
