Mbappe’s PSG in the semi-finals after sinking Barcelona. The story might be a red card. Barcelona collapsed after that one red card at home. Kylian Mbappe’s miserable defeat against PSG forced the Catalans to exit this season’s Champions League. On the other hand, the French club confirmed the semi-final by increasing the gap in the second leg even after being behind in the first leg.
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On Tuesday (April 16) at 1:00 p.m., Barcelona and PSG entered the field in the quarterfinals of the Champions League at the Estadio Olimpico Luis Compensa in Barcelona. PSG won the match 4-1.
Barca won the first leg 3-2. But a mistake on the home field on the way back ended the team. Rafinha scored a goal in the 12th minute of the match to give Barca the lead, but the course changed in the 29th minute. Ronald Araujo left the field after seeing a direct red card after fouling Bradley Barcola of PSG. After that, PSG sat on the host Barca.
Last season’s Barca forward Ousmane Dembele scored the equalizer in the 40th minute of the match. Catalan fans stormed the field with posters of the French star’s mutilated face to make life miserable. From the beginning, they floated Dembele in two tones. But it was Dembele who calmed down Barca.
In the second half, Vitinia also shook Barca’s net. And Mbappe wrote the rest of the story. He left the field after securing the team’s victory by scoring a pair of goals. Coach Luis Enrique seems to have forgotten about Mbappe leaving PSG in this victory. The Frenchman hugged this superstar and jumped on the ground of Barca. But 9 years ago, Barca won the treble with the hands of this Enrique.
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The 2018 World Cup winning star scored his first goal in the 61st minute of the match. Joao Cancelo tackled Dembele in the Barca box. PSG gets a penalty. Mbappe gave the Paris club a 3-1 lead with a successful spot kick. In the 89th minute, he scored his own double goal. His team won by 4-1. PACG secured the last four by leading 4-6 in the two legs.
Meanwhile, the Romanian referee Istvan Kovacs has created a different issue in this Barca-PSG match. He showed 12 cards including 3 red cards in the whole match. Barca head coach Xavi Hernandez was not spared from his red card. Besides, goalkeeper coach Jose Ramon de la Fuente also saw a red card. Match-winning hero Mbappe also saw a yellow card. However, the French star may not be taking it too seriously as his team won. This time in the fight to reach the final, PSG has got the German club Borussia Dortmund as an opponent.
