Barcelona are on the verge of victory with less

Qudo It was a historic night for Barcelona where no one gave a penny a few months ago. He took the lead, extending the lead to a two-goal tie, with Lamine Yamal and Raphinha striking first, but a very tough decision by the Romanian referee, Araujo was sent off for a charge on Barcola, resurrecting a PSG that started on the same line of incompetence as the first leg. The braid did not give a penalty from Vitinha to Gündogan and at the end of the game I will distribute the yellow and red to the left and right, giving credit to Al Khelaïfi, the real leader of the European organization. The French team, one of UEFA’s favourites, boosted by questionable refereeing, responded with goals from Dembélé, Vitinha, Mbappé from a penalty and again Mbappé, who scored Barça in desperation. Then, the epic was not enough to achieve a victory that was so close and left Barcelona on the brink of the semi-finalsalthough the result, 1-4, was too much.

YesUndoubtedly, the initial strategy of both coaches was as planned. Barça, like in Paris, let PSG do their work while waiting for spaces to emerge. The French group played and playedmonopolized the ball, with a more recognizable team than the Parc des Princes, with Hakimi in the eleven after his suspension and Mbappé this time in the middleleft the band for a Barcola who did a lot of damage on the left.

Mrgreat effort from a serious Barcelona while he was playing at eleven. In parity, PSG hardly created any danger despite their apparent dominance and the high speed of their exit, thanks to the great concentration of a Barcelona that came out with the planned eleven, with Pedri which started and had difficulty maintaining speed. . With Araujo out, Iñigo came in and the sacrifice bunt was Lamine Yamal, which was the key to the 1-0 lead. Xavi can do little in those situations.

dAfter 2-3 in the first leg, the French team obliged to win and his performance was good proof of that. He entered the game very high, placed the game almost in front of the Barcelona area and monopolized the ball. Like at the beginning of the road. And, as in Paris, without creating scoring opportunities. Yes, Barcelona created it the first time it ever existed. And this time he took advantage of it first.

ANDPSG, with their pressure, let Araujo get the ball, and put the pressure on Cubarsi and De Jong. Well, Araujo took advantage of this to open up Lamine Yamal on the right, with an advantage. The young winger took the lead, broke away from the wing and sent an accurate cross in front of the girl, where he appeared, almost in his first interventionRaphinha to score the first goal and destroy Parisian pride.

TLosing the goal in Barcelona’s first approach, PSG is fading on the grass of Montjuïc. Dembélé, whose card was forgiven by the referee for a cowardly step on Cubarsí, even tripped and lost his balance, in accordance with his years at Camp Nou and Mbappé continued his hibernation, this time in the middle of the attack, until they both wake up from their lethargy and forced a double chance by saving actions from Ter Stegen and Koundé, before a key game.

RTer Stegen got a good shot from Mbappé, the first, after Dembélé’s opening on the left, towards Barcola, who left the ball for Mbappé to finish. And, immediately afterwards, Koundé denied shooting Dembélé with his head. Soon after, Araujo’s defeat led to the transfer of Barcola. In his reaction, Araujo charged at Barcola, who fell in the play on the edge of the area and managed to get the Romanian referee to send off the brave Uruguayan center, who although the red card was very strict, made a mistake in his judgment in Barcola. AND, in any case, make a mistake It was an unnecessary risk with two goals ahead in the tie and so many minutes left, that the Barça team had to play to ten.

YoWith no power in the game, PSG came back to life thanks to the referee’s momentum and took advantage of it. Barcelona had to grit their teeth and go against the tide and their resistance was short-lived. The opening from Vitinha to Barcola led to a cross that Mbappé couldn’t finish but yes Dembéléwho after years of ridicule at Barcelona scored the second goal in two games, with I canceled the late arrival scoring after just over half an hour at a fine level on the winger’s guard.

TAll of Barcelona’s options are, suddenly, through resistance. Xavi’s team already knew that PSG would set their ships on fire in the second half and there was no help coming from a Romanian referee named Kovács. Rather the complete opposite.

OrA ball that poisoned Ter Stegen and a too crossed shot from Barcola after a concerted attacking action tested Montjuïc’s cardiac resistance in the first minutes. And not long after, on a corner, Vitinha received it in front of him with no one watching him and launched a shot near the post that Ter Stegen was unable to save, with PSG tying the tie. And, before long, he took the lead: if Cancelo had already lost the tying goal, he again appeared in an action without much risk. for which he committed a clear punishment and absurdity transformed by Mbappé.

YesOnly the epic card remains, against PSG and against a mafia referee who wants nothing to do with a penalty on Gündogan. The atmosphere was very tense and Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ances of which, in his first good action in the whole tie. Raphinha crossed too much after a through pass from Ferran and in the final minutes Barça switched to a defensive three in changes. But, in a move, Mbappé scored the fourth after two shots were saved by Ter Stegen, one from Mbappé himself and another from Asensio, and Montjuïc fell silent.

DATA SHEET

FC BARCELONA: Ter Stegen (2); Koundé (2), Araujo (0), Cubarsí (2), Cancelo (0) (Joao Félix (1), 83′); Pedri (2) (Ferran (1), 61′), Frenkie de Jong (1) (Fermín, (1), 83′), Gündogan (1); Lamine Yamal (2) (Iñigo (2), 34′), Lewandowski (1), Raphinha (2)

PARIS SAINT GERMAIN: Donnarumma (1); Hakimi (2), Marquinhos (1), Lucas Hernández (2), Nuno Mendes (1); Zaïre Emery (2) (Ugarte (1), 79′), Vitinha (3), Fabián (2) (Kang-In Lee (1), 76′); Dembélé (3) (Kolo (sc), 88′), Mbappé (2), Barcola (3) (Asensio (2), 76′)

THE OBJECTIVES: 1-0, Raphinha, 12′; 1-1, Dembélé, 39′; 1-2, Vitinha, 52′; 1-2, Mbappé, pen, 61′; 1-4, Mbappe, 89′

REFEREE: István Kovács (Romania). Cards to Iñigo (40′), Mbappé (40′), Fabián (45’+1), Lewandowski (50′), Marquinhos (63′), Gündogan (64′), Raphinha (90’+6), Fermín (90’+7). Roja to Araujo (29′), Xavi Hernández (56′), De la Fuente (64′)

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