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Xavi tantrum: “It’s a disaster!”
Complete escalation at FC Barcelona! In the Champions League clash against PSG, it wasn’t just coach Xavi who was sent off.
Star coach Xavi is sent off in the Champions League quarter-finals between FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain!
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With the score at 1:2 from the Catalans’ perspective, the Catalans’ coach became terribly upset about a foul scene in midfield in the 56th minute. Ultimately the game was lost 1-4, so Barca has to wait for its first semi-final appearance since 2019.
Xavi sees red and complains: “It’s a disaster!”
Xavi jumped up and down on the halfway line, threw his arms in the air and even kicked away a foam advertising board in his anger. He even appeared to yell the word “son of a bitch” at the referee. Referee István Kovács then made short work of it and sent Xavi to the stands with a red card.
After the game, the Barca coach made his displeasure known. “I told the referee he was very bad. It’s a disaster! “What we have worked for all season will be destroyed by a decision from him,” he complained to the referee.
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The assistant coach is also fired
Things got even worse for Barca: In the 61st minute, the Catalans made it 3-1 with a penalty from Kylian Mbappé, and just a few minutes later the assistant coach was also thrown out.
José de la Fuente, to whom Xavi had given responsibility in his absence, had called for a penalty too loudly and was also banned from the interior by Kovács.
Already in the 29th minute, Barca defender Ronald Araújo was sent off the field with a red card for an emergency stop.
“The red card changed everything,” complained Xavi afterwards: “It’s a shame that our Champions League season ended because of a mistake by the referee.”
2024-04-16 21:52:37
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