Let’s look back at the notable highlights surrounding the cоnfrоntatiоn between Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain this morning.

The day of the “nightmare”

Obviously, the entire Barcelona team is responsible for this defeat, but it cannot be denied that the weakness in defense is the biggest factor that makes the Camp Nou team hold grudges.

Opening with Ronald Araujo, who is always considered the most reliable link in Barca’s defense system, directly became a “criminal” with a red card in the 29th minute. From a leading position in the same position. Quite ideally, Barca completely collapsed after having to play without players, and it’s fair to sаy that the goals they conceded all came from mistakes in defense.

 Araujo is just one of Barca’s many “sinners”.

Barca’s defenders did not handle the cross from Bradley Barcola well – which was intended for Kylian Mbappe, but after Mbappe could not touch the ball, it still found Ousmane Dembele, before the French striker equalized the score. number in the 40th minute. By the 54th minute, no player accompanied Vitinha in PSG’s corner, allowing the Portuguese midfielder to comfortably shoot from outside the penalty area.

As for the next two goals, it’s easy to nаme Barca’s “criminals” with Joao Cancelo’s bad foul leading to a penalty in the 61st minute, and finally Jules’ “assist” situation. Kounde, directly sent the ball to Mbappe’s feet for the French striker to set the final score 4-1.

Two “rains” at Lluís Companys Olympic

Not unexpectedly, there were a series of goals scored in this match, and along with that were many cards drawn by referee Istvan Kovacs. Besides Araujo, coach Xavi Hernandez and two members of Barca’s coaching staff also received a red card, along with 9 yellow cards for both teams, marking one of the “chaos” quarter-final matches. the most in Champions League history.

 The referee’s decisions are considered quite heavy-handed.

The prоspect of being left empty-handed

Now, Barca only has one goal to strive for this season: La Liga, and despite their recent sublimation, the gap between them and Real Madrid is already 8 points. Obviously, it will be very difficult for Los Blancos to continuously stumble in the remaining time, so if they cannot win the upcoming El Clasico match, perhaps Xavi and his team should soon sаy goodbye to the La Liga title. Liga.

Barca’s “fiendish god”.

In the first leg, Kylian Mbappe did not shine, if not to sаy that he had a lackluster performance. However, the French star reaffirmed his class as a top scorer in the world with a double in the recent match, and if Ter Stegen had not excelled in his save at the end of the match, Mbappe would have also scored. got a hat-trιck with a superb shot from outside the penalty area.

 Mbappe explоded. 

It is important to know that after only 2 trips to Barca’s home field with PSG, Mbappe has scored 5 goals.

It’s Dembele again

Before entering the quarterfinals, Dembele’s entire contribution to this season’s Champions League was limited to just one assist. However, he immediately scored on the day of the Barca reunion in France, before returning to Barca’s home field with a truly classy performance.

It is easy to confirm that Dembele was the turning point that helped PSG complete a spectacular comeback, when he helped the away team equalize the score and directly created conditions for Mbappe to put them ahead on the penalty spot. with a situation where Cancelo fouled him in the penalty area. Surely, Dembele has become a “thorn” in the eyes of many Barcelona fans.