Angry Can lashes out at soft Dortmund team mates after Barcelona loss

BARCELONA - Borussia Dortmund captain Emre Can launched an angry tirade against his team mates after his side were thrashed 4-0 by Barcelona in their Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday.

Can was visibly frustrated after the match and told DAZN that it was a matter of attitude, rather than tactics or coaching decisions, that led to the defeat.

Its not a question of system but rather of whether everyone is willing to give 100% and make the sacrifices required in games like this, Can said.

Too many things went wrong in the game, we didnt play well today. We were soft. We werent cohesive enough. And on top of that, we made simple mistakes.

At this level, those types of mistakes are punished harshly. Thats why we went down here today.

We were playing against a great Barcelona team, they obviously have several good players, definitely, so the only way you can beat them is if you go out there as a team, something we didnt do, Can said.

I think we could have done much better, even though theyre so good, I know that. You have to go for it and we didnt, to be honest.

Now we need to put in a good performance (in the second leg) and try to win the game. We owe it to our fans and we need to give it everything weve got.

Treble-chasing Barca will be full of confidence for Tuesdays return leg in Germany against struggling Dortmund who are eighth in the Bundesliga standings on 41 points, five from the qualification spots for next seasons Champions League. REUTERS

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