Portuguese → English transcript

Everyone, we're here with Bruno Guimarães after that Barcelona win over Newcastle.

Man, looking at how the game went, it leaves a bad taste, because at the end of the day,

you had a good first half against a team that, to me, seems to be one of the favorites to win this Champions League.

It's a bit bitter—obviously anything can happen in a game, but in the first half we controlled it our way,

we played in behind them; we knew they played with a very high line, so getting in behind felt very easy.

From my point of view, we had two clear chances there that we could have scored, and the game could have been completely different,

but you can't count on 'ifs' in football.

I think after the first goal they were better than us, and shortly after they scored the second, a spectacular goal that,

From my point of view, we marked him well; he hit an unbelievable shot there.

But it's only the beginning for us; we know what the Champions League is like — it's all good games, all difficult games.

Now our focus is on Sunday at Bournemouth and then going to Belgium to win our game there.

Your ambition, being realistic about this Champions League, is to finish among the top eight, or to qualify and then see what happens?

I think we have to focus first, game by game, and win as many games as possible.

Obviously if we can get into the top eight it will be wonderful, but if we can qualify and play the playoff that's good too.

We didn't set a limit on our dreams; we want to take it game by game.

Like I told you, the next game is already a final for us because the Champions League has already started and we still have zero points.

What does Barcelona do so well, man? Looking at who they've faced, especially there, I saw you guys dueling with Pedro several times and so on.

What does Barcelona have?

I think they're an annoying team because they always want to keep the ball; the ball never burns at their feet.

I think in the second half we let the ball burn at our feet a bit and played a bit in transition.

I think we should have kept the ball a bit more, like when we scored.

We played through the middle, did one-twos, and managed to score a beautiful goal.

From my point of view, we should have kept possession more, especially in the second half.

Barcelona is annoying because they frustrate you — you don't have the ball and you end up getting tired.

So, when you have the ball, your decisions aren't always the best because you're tired.

As you said at the start, they are one of the favorites to win the Champions League.

But I believe I'm proud of the team because we fought until the end.

We scored a goal there and, unfortunately, there wasn't enough time left to get the equalizer.

There's a lot ahead of us, but we have to keep going.

Did you swap shirts or wasn't there a chance?

I did, I swapped shirts with Rafinha.

Thanks, brother.

Those are the words, then, of Bruno Guimarães after this Barcelona victory over Newcastle here in England.