Mbappe finishes at Barça with ten goals

Barcelona touched their fingers to the sky but ended up catching them with the piano lid, expecting the impossible with one player less than an hour into the game. They started to win 1-0 with a goal from Raphinha, but then, down one man short, were devastated by a team against whom it would be suicide to play inferior for so long.. Either a miracle happened or Barca crashed out of the semi-finals from the moment they were forced to play at a disadvantage. But This defeat, hard on the scoreboard as it ended with a score of 1-4, is not comparable to other disasters.. Here A worthy and broken Barça fell with its face held high, pursued by a rather gray Mbappe who appeared only at the end. Of course, the Xavi era has finally come to an end.

Barcelona woke up in an unusual way on Tuesday. In the bar, in the dining room, in the workplace, there was a tense atmosphere that had not been felt for five years. Champions League results. Sorry, big game in the Champions League. Excitement that hasn’t been here for five years. The tension, which, perhaps due to lack of practice, led to an almost ridiculous overstimulation. As the Barcelona bus arrived at the stadium, someone in the crowd shouted against PSG and a lot of objects fell on the car carrying the Blaugrana players. The overexcited ones had the wrong opponent. This was the level of fans who perhaps wanted to compensate on the outside for an atmosphere that the Olympic structure does not allow on the inside.

To calm the situation on the pitch, Xavi decided to introduce Pedri from the start instead of Fermin, who makes much more turnovers. Luis Enrique, on the other hand, chose the devil’s trident: Dembele, Mbappe and Barcola. No waiting. And true to this script, The match began as a French monologue according to a plan conceived by both coaches. The start of the second leg was copied from the first: PSG dominated, Barça’s defense resisted, and Kule’s attack waited for its chance. And, as happened in Paris, Barcelona took oil from the desert. It was the 12th minute of the game and Raphinha was just another spectator of the game, touching nothing but the ball, but the progress of Lamine, who scored Nuno Mendes, helped the Brazilian score the first goal of the game. and made Barça stronger and stronger.

The goal left Luis Enrique’s side, who are by far the better side, knocked out but Lewandowski did not take advantage with a high ball that earned them a place in the semi-finals and the French began to regroup. Ter Stegen prevented a draw with Mbappe’s strike after Barcola’s assist, which caused a real headache for Barcelona’s defence.

Araujo’s mistake

Two minutes later The Uruguayan tried to correct Araujo’s blunder when the ball was released despite Barcola’s shot, for which he received a red card. One hour in the game and one less in Barcelona due to the clumsiness of the central defender. Xavi sent off Lamine to bring on Inigo Martinez, but Barcelona were unable to hold on to their lead before the break. Barcola again got the better of his team and Dembélé, who had hitherto been a comic book actor, stepping on falling balls or throwing crosses behind teammates, fired into the net.

. Barça had 45 minutes of resistance ahead due to the gap.

And the second part was an exercise that combined torture and the search for an impossible feat. As soon as the second half began, Vitinha made it 1-2 due to an error defending a corner, and another goal from the Portuguese made it 1-3 after an absurd penalty on Dembele, which Mbappe converted..

It must be said that despite all the losses and inferiority, Barcelona showed courage, and Gundogan hit the post, and Ferran Torres’ departure was an assault on the void that was decided by Mbappe’s late goal as they lamented Xavi’s absence from the bench due to a red card on Barça’s bench. A great metaphor for what is to come.

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