{"id":11693,"date":"2024-04-20T10:29:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T02:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/news\/?p=11693"},"modified":"2024-04-20T10:29:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T02:29:32","slug":"xavi-blames-referee-for-barcelonas-champions-league-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/football\/xavi-blames-referee-for-barcelonas-champions-league-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavi Blames Referee for Barcelona&#8217;s Champions League Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\/football\/club\/barcelona\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barcelona&#8217;s <\/a>Champions League hopes were dashed after a contentious match against Paris St Germain, leading to a scathing critique from manager Xavi towards the referee, Istvan Kovacs. Despite Barcelona&#8217;s early lead with a goal from Raphinha and a 3-2 victory in Paris, their dreams were shattered as they lost 4-1 in the second leg and were eliminated from the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The turning point came just before the half-hour mark when Barcelona&#8217;s Ronald Araujo received a red card for a foul on Bradley Barcola, reducing Barcelona to 10 men. Xavi&#8217;s frustration boiled over as he vehemently protested the referee&#8217;s decision and was subsequently shown a red card himself. Despite being ejected from the sidelines, Xavi couldn&#8217;t contain his anger and returned to the pitch after the final whistle to express his disappointment with the referee&#8217;s performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a post-match interview with Movistar Plus, Xavi didn&#8217;t mince words, labeling the referee&#8217;s performance as a &#8220;disaster&#8221; and emphasizing the detrimental impact it had on Barcelona&#8217;s season. He lamented the unnecessary expulsion of Araujo, which he believed significantly altered the course of the match. With eleven players, Barcelona had been in a promising position, controlling the game and executing their tactics effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Real-time <a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/tag\/football-prediction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Football scores<\/a> and highlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Xavi after Barcelona&#39;s exit from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#UCL<\/a> followed by Theirry&#39;s reaction to the Barca boss&#39;s comments ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P0B3brsaAb\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/P0B3brsaAb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; CBS Sports Golazo \u26bd\ufe0f (@CBSSportsGolazo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSSportsGolazo\/status\/1780359162532131141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following Araujo&#8217;s dismissal, PSG capitalized on their numerical advantage, with former Barcelona player Ousmane Dembele and Vitinha scoring crucial goals to tilt the tie in their favor. A penalty converted by Kylian Mbappe further cemented PSG&#8217;s lead, leaving Barcelona with an insurmountable deficit. Despite their efforts to rally, Barcelona couldn&#8217;t find a breakthrough, ultimately succumbing to defeat and ending their Champions League campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barcelona midfielder Frenkie De Jong echoed Xavi&#8217;s sentiments, expressing disappointment at the outcome and acknowledging the team&#8217;s belief in their ability to progress. While the circumstances surrounding Araujo&#8217;s red card were disputed, Barcelona accepted the result and vowed to regroup for future challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defeat marked a significant setback for Barcelona, who last reached the Champions League semi-finals five years ago. With their aspirations dashed for this season, Barcelona must now focus on regaining their footing and preparing for future campaigns with renewed determination and resolve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona&#8217;s Champions League hopes were dashed after a contentious match against Paris St Germain, leading to a scathing critique from manager Xavi towards the referee, Istvan Kovacs. Despite Barcelona&#8217;s early lead with a goal from Raphinha and a 3-2 victory in Paris, their dreams were shattered as they lost 4-1 in the second leg and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":11694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","rank_math_description":"A disputed encounter against Paris St. Germain ended Barcelona's Champions League aspirations, prompting manager Xavi to criticize the referee.","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[25,765,36,32,640],"class_list":["post-11693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-barcelona","tag-champions-league","tag-football","tag-psg","tag-xavi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11696,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11693\/revisions\/11696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}