3 red cards, 4 goals – PSG make Barcelona cry in the semis

3 red cards, 4 goals – PSG make Barcelona cry in the semis

At the end of the match, Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez was forced to say, "All the hard work of the season was destroyed by a decision of the referee." In the previous match, Barcelona defeated PSG 3-2 in their field. It was natural to expect something great to happen at home in this match. Barcelona were dreaming of reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 2019.
 

But the return of Kylian Mbappe in a great rhythm and the referee Istvan Kovacs who showed three red cards knocked out Barca. Kovacs showed the first red card in the 40th minute of the match. That's Ronald Araujo, the leader of Barca's defence. After seeing the VAR in the 64th minute, Barca rejected the penalty appeal. Barca coach Javi Hernandez and goalkeeper coach Roman de la Fuente were shown red cards in between.

 However, the beginning of Stadi Olympique Lewis Company was originally from Barca. Earlier the lead was 3-2. It took the Catalan club 12 minutes to make it 4-2. Rafinia, who scored two goals in the previous match, wrote his name on the scoresheet in this match as well.

The reins of the match remained with Barcelona until then. In 29 minutes, the problem happened. Ronald Araujo had to leave the field after seeing a direct red card after fouling PSG's Bradley Barcola. The match started to run away from the team which became a team of 10. Ousmane Dembele, who just went to PSG from Barca, equalized in the 40th minute.

PSG equalized on aggregate before 10 minutes of the second half. Ashraf Hakimi was not present in the previous match. In this match, the Paris club equalized from his pass. Vitinha's name is written on the scoresheet. PSG then look set to write another comeback story against Barcelona.

 They did it after a while. Joao Felix gave away a penalty to the visiting team after fouling Dembele. Mbappe gave the Paris club a 3-1 lead.

Not that Barca did not get a chance to return to the match. But the referee denied them once. Once again they could not. Vitinha fouled Gundwan in the 64th minute. The referee even did a VAR check. But even from there, the Romanian referee Istvan Kovacs is adamant about his decision.

 And in the 73rd minute, Barca striker Robert Lewandowski himself failed to beat goalkeeper Donnarumma. Feran Tares also failed to return the ball.

 Mbappe put the final nail in Barca's coffin in the 89th minute. Barca goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen blocked the ball in every attack, but defender Jules Kunder made a mistake and Mbappe got the ball again. The French striker did not make any mistakes in the second round. Mbappe left the field after securing a 4-1 win for the team.