THE PRESIDENT UNDERSTOOD HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO WIN WITH 10
There was no '-off'! Laporta, resigned and disappointed after Barça's knockout in the Champions Leag
Published:19/04/2024 - 11:11h
Updated:20/04/2024 - 03:30h
Barça missed out on a return to the semi-finals of the Champions League, but the context of the match against PSG made Joan Laporta experience his team's fall in a very particular way
Joan Laporta is one of these presidents of club that lives with a lot of passion all the parties of his team and the two of quarter-finals against Paris Saint-Germain was not an exception, although in the turn finished having an attitude a bit soberer of what could expects. And it is that although the 2-3 of the gone in Paris had increased the illusion of classification, the Barça remained with the empty hands.
This elimination in front of the Frenchmen began to 'cook' when only it went half hour of party, moment in which Ronald Araújo received that fateful red card that conditioned the rest of the eliminatory. Perhaps thus, by the complicated that from there was all for the culés, the leader was calm case all the party, as it has informed 'Sport'.
The Barça finished struck, although Laporta was with a lot of calm
The information signals that the surroundings of Laporta ensures saw him resignado and disappointed during the meeting of turn in front of the PSG, a duel that finish with a painful 1-4, cutting besides a series of 13 parties without losing that had the team of Xavi Hernández. Besides, the president of the Barça evidenció that still with 11 footballers in the field, the team did not give the level futbolístico exigible that asked the party.
The maximum Barcelona mandator expected something more in the actions with balloon and not yielding so much the initiative to the visitors, especially when it could try take him out of party with the possession after the 1-0 initial marked by Raphinha. However, and to the margin of this, Laporta did not have at all that reproach him to the players, neither neither to Xavi, and against of what is used to to do, this time abandoned much faster Lluís Companys.
The Barcelona president kept his usual appointment with the Catalan technician and everything passed with total normality, knowing that still the Barça has to play his last index card in LaLiga when it visit to the Real Madrid this Sunday, and after this, there will be much more time so that president and trainer can converse on the elimination, and the season in general.