Juventus deserved it, admits Barcelona star Pique

Gerard Pique gives Juventus every chance of winning
the Champions League after they saw off his
Barcelona side in the last eight.
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique accepted Juventus
were the better team in their Champions League tie
and deserved to reach the semi-finals.
A 0-0 draw in Wednesday's second leg at Camp Nou
meant Juve progressed 3-0 on aggregate having
recorded a stunning triumph in Turin last week.
The match ended Barca's 15-game home winning streak
in the competition and ensured Luis Enrique's men fell
one match short of equalling Bayern Munich's record.
Pique acknowledges Barca had a mountain to climb as
they tried to repeat their famous comeback against
Paris Saint-Germain from the previous round and feels
his team were second best.
"They are a great team and over two legs they were
better than us - they deserved to reach the semi-finals,"
Pique told BeIN Sports.
"I wish them the best going forward because I think
they can win the tournament this season.
"We created several chances but we had such a
difficult task. As time wore on, it became increasingly
unlikely we would achieve our objective of overturning
the result.
"They are Italians, they know how to defend well and
they are specialists in that area. They came to play
their style of football and did it very well."
Barca fans sang and waved flags to show their support
to the players in the closing stages of their defeat, a
reaction that delighted Pique.
"I think this is a hard defeat to take but the fans were
fantastic and they kept singing," he said.
"They deserve to be recognised as it is one of the few
times that I have seen the Camp Nou so proud in
defeat.
"It makes me proud to be part of this club and
emotional to see that even though we lost."