Barca assistant: Milan 'pitch was a potato field'

Barcelona assistant coach Jordi Roura remains “convinced” the Catalans will progress to the Champions League quarter-finals despite their surprise 2-0 loss against AC Milan in the first leg of their last-16 tie.

Barca assistant: Milan 'pitch was a potato field'

Barcelona assistant coach Jordi Roura remains “convinced” the Catalans will progress to the Champions League quarter-finals despite their surprise 2-0 loss against AC Milan in the first leg of their last-16 tie.

However, Roura was far from impressed with the state of the San Siro surface, saying: “The pitch was a potato field. It was improper for a match of this nature.”

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