Notwithstanding triumphing 3-2 away from PSG in the first leg, Barcelona was ultimately eliminated from the Champions League. In the second leg, Raphinha extended Barcelona’s lead to 4-2 before Ronald Araujo was shown a red card for removing Bradley Barcola’s shirt. As a result of the red card, PSG scored four goals in order to advance to the semi-finals.

PANORAMA

Gundogan, who won the title with Manchester City last season, could not hide his disappointment after the loss. The German player criticized his teammates for giving the victory to PSG and said that Araujo made the wrong decision when competing with Barcola.

WHAT DID GUNDOGAN SаY?

He shared with CBS Sports : “I’m very disappointed, very disappointed because we had a big advantage. The advantage was not only after the first turn, but also after the first goal we scored. Everything was fine.” was in our hands but we gave it to Paris Saint-Germain. That’s the most disappointing part.”

Gundogan also spoke about Araujo’s red card: “In such important moments, the players have to be sure to get the ball. If they don’t do that, and I don’t know if he touched the ball or not , the players need to stay away. I would rather let the opponent score or face the goalkeeper 1 vs 1. However, at that time, the ball was quite far away and I was not sure if the opponent could touch the ball or not , it’s better to let the goalkeeper save us or even let the opponent score. Losing someone early on will only cause you to lose the game.”

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Barcelona had only 32.7% ball control against PSG, their lowest number in a match in the 2013-2014 season. Gundogan was also angry about the way Barca conceded their second goal of the match, when Vitinha had too much space to shoot into the net.

“The second goal was another mistake. We had to stay close and not let him shoot freely like that. That situation was not unpracticed. The players closest to the ball had to rush. We had a 3 vs 3 bаttle there and Vitinha was the fourth. No one rushed or moved too late and they got the second goal.

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THE FUTURE OF BARCELONA

Barcelona must quickly cheer up when in front of them is the Suρer Classic match in La Liga, at the Santiago Bernabeu. If they win against Real Madrid, Xavi’s team will light up hope in the championship race and shorten the gap with Los Blancos to 5 points, with 6 matches yet to play.