Although decreased, PSG once again marked the spirits on Wednesday. On the move on the lawn of the Montjuic Olympic stadium, the capital’s club has indeed brought the dust at Barça (1-2), tearing off victory in the last moments thanks to Gonçalo Ramos.
Five usual holders missed the call, on the Parisian side, and to compensate for the absences of Ousmane Dembélé, Désiré Doué and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Luis Enrique did not hesitate to launch in the big bath two young Titis: Senny Mayulu and Ibrahim Baye. However, at the end of the meeting, Hans-Dieter Flick did not hesitate to recognize the superiority of PSG.
“We played much better in the first half than in the second. We have conceded goals because of fatigue. PSG is a big team. They have very young players, and they were at an excellent level. We did not play at our best level, and it is difficult against teams like this. They deserved victory, and we must congratulate them ”He thus entrusted to the microphone of Movistar.
Jong Frenkie should have been excluded
Some Catalan supporters are obviously less charitable with PSG, and for them the meeting in particular shortly before half an hour of play when Eric Garcia was sent to the ground by Illya Zabarnyi in the surface. But despite the protests of the Blaugrana players, the referee did not flinch and the Var has done nothing to complain about it. Right, according to the former Spanish referee Iturralde González.
“Eric feels contact in the foot, but it is not enough to whistle penalty”He estimated with AS. On the contrary, for the Madrid daily consultant, if a team has been injured, it is PSG. Five minutes after this first situation, Nuno Mendes was indeed the victim of a large sole of Frenkie de Jong, the Portuguese side remaining several minutes on the ground before getting up in box.
And for Iturralde González, the Dutch midfielder got very good with it with a simple yellow card. Red would have been logical in his eyes. “De Jong took a risk and could have seen red. Since the Var, it would not have been rare that the decision was changed. It is a fortuitous sole, but these actions, if you look at the rule, 100 % would be red, because there is no more control of the body or force in action ”he said.
