2024-04-17 12:35:15
Apr 17, 2024, 06:05 PM IST Photo: AFP
Barcelona: Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez lashed out at the referee after losing to PSG in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final. Xavi also revealed that he told referee Istvan Kovac after the match that you were a disaster. Xavi was also shown a red card for shouting at the referee.
Barcelona defeated PSG 3-2 in the first leg in Paris, but lost 4-1 in the second leg at home and were out of the Champions League. Losing both legs 6-4. After scoring a goal in the 12th minute to take the aggregate score to 4-2, Barca dominated the match until centre-back Ronald Aroho was shown a red card in the 29th minute. PSG then dominated Barca, who were reduced to 10 men. Xavi blamed a season’s hard work for being lost in one referee’s decision.
Aroho’s red card was the turning point in the game. Romanian referee Istvan Kovac gave Aroho a straight red card in the 29th minute for a foul on PSG’s Bradley Barcola. With this, the course of the game was in favor of PSG.
Xavi added that the referee’s decision to send off Aroho was wrong and it killed the game.
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