The Barça goalkeeper was perfectly placed to see the action and the Uruguayan defender’s collision with Bradley Barcola. But it was after watching the images again on Movistar Plus+, the Spanish broadcaster of the Champions League, that the German gave his verdict.
“If he [l’arbitre] whistles a foul, he has to show him red and that changed everything, he explained, relayed by Mundo Deportivo. Now that I see the replay, yes, he catches it, yes, it can be whistled. » Xavi didn’t really agree with his (excellent) goalkeeper. But perhaps the Catalan coach had not seen the images again?
We start with a quick look at the Catalan press. Almost surprised by the way Barça had maneuvered Paris at the Parc six days earlier, Sport and the Mundo Deportivo fell from a height. It’s “cruel and unbearable” says the first in his editorial. Unsurprisingly, the expulsion of Araujo remains for the two dailies the main explanation for the rout of the Blaugrana.