UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

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The red card that Araújo received was a bit controversial and the referee seemed excessive by immediately issuing a red card, at least a yellow card was still normal,

That's what I though initially. It looked like a normal foul and it was just outside the penalty box but there's another rule that made it a red card. Barcola had a clear goal-scoring opportunity but was denied by Araújo's light contact. If it happened in the middle of the pitch and there are many players behind him then it would likely be just an ordinary foul with no card.

Araujo was the last man standing, and Barcola has already beaten him on his way to finish the ball, that was when he was brought down, which makes it a red card because there was a contact. I would have said that the referee was favoring PSG, but the match was not played in France. This is why I will say there was no partiality in the referee's decision. It was just a bad day for Barcelona, and that was why they were unlucky to qualify for the semifinals, which everyone knows that Barcelona is stronger and will win PSG, but it was not so.

[QueenVera]

Playing with ten players against PSG was disastrous for Barcelona. The red card is the key that broke Barcelona's focus and it was working caused by mbappe has none who guard him and cubarsi is nothing in this game, he needs to learn a lot. Many people have discussed this, and the referee's decision was completely correct in that since it was PSG's last player and araujo was doing something bad for the club, he has successfully made its opponents get very big advantage caused by barcelona must have plaed with 10 players only. PSG got so many opportunities to score.
Barcelona deserves it, and it's still unclear whether Xavi will stay or leave the club. Xavi is a terrible coach because he is inconsistent with his statements. It appeared to me that failure in UCL would also push him to leave the club.
Come on, xavi! The better if you leave the club and join a good club that can provide good financial opportunities, such as Newcastle. I strongly believe Xavi will join the EPL in the coming season. Laporta may be having difficulty finding a new coach willing to take on such high pressure.
Barcelona loses in the UCL, which means that the opportunity to raise additional funds to assist the club's finances has already passed.

The hopes of Barcelona going through to the semis were very high especially after defeating psg at France over a week ago. It was so high such that the Barca fans were prepared with their fireworks at the Camp Nou before the game even started. The result was a big shocker to the whole world and now this is why this is the UCL as you are sure to see surprises spring up.

 ⁠The red card spoilt the game for Barca as you can tell, the team didn’t expect to have a red card and as such that event totally disrupted their gameplay and you can see how they struggled. It got to a point their head coach couldn’t control it and he too was shown a red card and then you can understand that the team has lost it totally and I think this is a situation clubs should take a cue from, I mean always plan for a red card happening.
 
 The red card made them short of a man in the defense line and as such, you can understand how the team will struggle to keep up with the resilient attack of PSG whom have a speedy Mbappe and Dembele. For Xavi wanting to leave, I don’t think this should be a big opportunity for him to leave, because he was able to control the game though and I know had it been not for the red card, he would have gotten this team to the semis and we wouldn’t speculate.
 
 ⁠Well for the speculations, going to a team like Newcastle wouldn’t be a bad idea because he’s sound to an extent tactically and with the club being financially buoyant, he can be able to make some signings to help spring up his idea. If Xavi leaves then I think the board will have to think fast on how to source for funds to be able to get a new coach especially now they’re in a financial downtime.

[Luzin]

Barcelona and Atletico have failed. There is only 1 Spanish club left. But I also doubt they can win easily at Man City's Etihad Stadium. But if we study at PSG, they should be able to emulate him. But statistically comparing Barcelona and Man City it's very far. Actually, I support Madrid, but this condition makes me only have 50% confidence that Real Madrid can qualify for the semi-finals. The result of the first leg also explained that Man City are very strong and they will be even crazier if they play at home. I think I have to hope for miracles and luck, Madrid didn't make many mistakes.

[yudi09]

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Barcelona will likely stay unbeaten at home in the second leg. Hopefully, they'll take the lead in the first half, but PSG might close the gap with a Kylian Mbappe stunner. There will be plenty of goals, but Barcelona will win the second leg that's all. Mbappe struggled against Barcelona's defense, and they'll aim to contain him again tonight. Enrique has coached Barcelona before, but that won't change anything today. However, there are a lot of uncertainties ahead for sure.

Not as expected, right?
Barcelona had to give up in such a painful situation. How could it not be, having taken the lead through Raphinha in the 12th minute, Barcelona was forced to lose. Mbappe is a player who has created nightmares for Barcelona because he failed three times in a row to go further in the Champions League. I thought when Raphinha scored a goal, that Barcelona would make PSG again unable to do much in the Champions League as long as I fell in love with football.

What do you think about the two matches between Bayern Munich vs Arsenal and Manchester City vs Real Madrid.
Both of them drew in the 1st leg, is it possible they will draw again?

[Plaguedeath]

Well i think we are gonna see PSG again in a Champions League final,it is what it is. Dortmund cant have any chances against PSG and the draw clearly helps PSG this season.

What a mess was the yesterday game between Atletico and Dortmund, both teams were horrible in defensives play, and also both teams miss a lot of opportunities.

Yep, this might be a chance for PSG to win Champions League because Dortmund isn't that strong. Even though able to beat Atletico Madrid, but Atletico Madrid is just a mediocre team in this season. Although the final match would be either Real Madrid or Manchester City i.e. toughest opponent, but any teams that can enter to final already have a mentality to win.

Both Atletico Madrid and Dortmund want to score as many as possible, that's why their take risk to sacrifice their defense lines.

[Baki202]

I just felt that Barcelona would fall short against PSG since, in the first leg, they were caught off guard, and I know that PSG won't do it again. Therefore, I had complete faith in PSG yesterday, and they delivered in fact, Mbappe's performance altered. I was amazed, and I'm sure that guy is talented. and really committed, therefore whatever we do for dictation matters greatly. And the record affected the performance of of Barcelona yesterday
Even without the red card they would have won because psg was ready. Arsenal is ready to take on bayern Munich. Let's see if Arsenal will be able to win Bayern Munich. If Arsenal does not win this second league then Arsenal does not deserve to be on any of this leagues.

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I'm not sure whether it's necessary to give a red card or not. In my opinion, the offense should have been sufficient for a yellow card. However, our assessment with the referee is different. At first I was sure Barcelona would qualify, because Barca had led the match with 1 goal, but after the red card received by Barcelona players, there was an imbalance from line to line, and made some room for PSG player to open positions for attacking, also PSG was able to maximize these conditions very well. Mbappe managed to score a good closing goal for this matches in the last minute of the second half.

IMO the referee gave a red card to Araujo, it was not a fatal offense especially not in the penalty box, but this has become a referee's decision that is difficult to overcome.

Honestly, at the beginning, I was very optimistic that Barcelona would win as well as parlay betting expectations with Dortmund who had won successfully, but after Araujo was red carded Xabi changed the formation Yamal was pulled out because he only wanted to defend but the game became chaotic here we know PSG attacked quite aggressively until finally he could win which could not be expected.

[Odohu]

Well i think we are gonna see PSG again in a Champions League final,it is what it is. Dortmund cant have any chances against PSG and the draw clearly helps PSG this season.

What a mess was the yesterday game between Atletico and Dortmund, both teams were horrible in defensives play, and also both teams miss a lot of opportunities.

Yep, this might be a chance for PSG to win Champions League because Dortmund isn't that strong. Even though able to beat Atletico Madrid, but Atletico Madrid is just a mediocre team in this season. Although the final match would be either Real Madrid or Manchester City i.e. toughest opponent, but any teams that can enter to final already have a mentality to win.

Both Atletico Madrid and Dortmund want to score as many as possible, that's why their take risk to sacrifice their defense lines.

Everyone is expecting PSG to seize this opportunity to taste the trophy this season. Their chances of getting it is very high because, just like you said, they can easily defeat Dortmund. Atletico Madrid would have been more difficult for them base on their experience and type of defensive football. But Dortmund will come out to score and that will be their greatest undoing.

As soon as PSG make it to the final, I'm sure they will have overwhelming support provided they are not playing against Arsenal who is also facing the same ordeal as them. If that be the case, let the best team win because it will be practically difficult choosing who to support.

[hyudien]

I have said that Barcelona should not be too lost in happiness in the 1st leg because it turns out that according to predictions, the 2nd leg succeeded in providing an extraordinary comeback for PSG. I successfully bet that this time PSG won and qualified for the semifinals against Dortmund. Enrique took advantage of the back line situation left by Araujo by receiving an unexpected red card. I think Xavi couldn't calm himself down and ended up getting a red card. After 2 red cards came out, the Barcelona players lost their direction, possession of the ball tended to be unclear, providing a miracle for Enrique troops to get revenge.

Today's Super Big match will again bring Arsenal and Bayern Munich together and my prediction is that in this match Bayern Munich will have the opportunity to beat Arsenal by a narrow score. Meanwhile, Man City, who will welcome their guests, is 100% ready to face all threats posed by Ancelotti. The reason is that Madrid has obstacles that they have not been able to overcome when playing at the Etihad Stadium. I tend to bet on the home team 75% and the rest of course Madrid might have a miracle. There is no need to doubt the mental readiness of both teams, but in terms of stability in each line, Man City is superior.

[Bitcoin_people]

Real Madrid vs Manchester City Champions League Leg-2 match is going to be held and in this match two teams will fight hard. Although the two teams drew in the first leg, both teams are currently tied with the lead, but since today's match is at Manchester City's home ground, they are much stronger. We saw that Manchester City won the Champions League last season too, so this season they are going to attack as strong as before in the race to win the title. And currently Manchester City's game performance seems to be very difficult for Real Madrid to win against them in today's match and the team that loses today's match will be eliminated from the quarter finals.

Similar to Bayern Munich vs Arsenal, they also had a draw in the first leg. So Leg-2 is going to be more exciting and interesting but since this match is at Bayan's home ground, they will be strong enough and play enough to win the title. And I think Bayern Munich are probably in the best form in the Champions League this season because they are not currently in the title race in the Bundesliga so their focus is the Champions League. And in today's match against Arsenal, Bayan Munich will certainly attack strongly and will be selected for the semi-final match in the Champions League. But Bayern Munich must have a strong attack against Arsenal or they could lose, so each team will be trying hard in today's match. The players of each team will try their best and play their best for the team in today's match to enter the semi finals.

[bastisisca]

After the match Xavi spoke very harshly about the referees. Naturally Xavi was very angry when the referees changed the course of the match and the round, they thought they could win this cup. It's a pity for this good team, they had the round in their hands with a 2 goal lead, but one red card changed everything. Barca could have stayed motivated but they couldn't win this psychological battle.

he conceded 4 goals, of course there were 10 of them, it wasn`t easy against PSG

I didn`t see the whole match, but does anyone who saw it know if the red card was right or wrong?

Just a personal curiosity of mine, because I don`t know if Xavi spoke out of anger or because he was right

[legendbtc]

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Bayern's match against Arsenal is no less exciting and Bayern, who is currently in 2nd place in the Bundesliga, will certainly give everything they can to advance to the semifinals, as well as Arsenal who is now in place in the EPL, will definitely give their all. fought as hard as he could to advance to the semifinals but lost. Arsenal against Aston Villa in the EPL certainly makes me doubt whether Arsenal will be able to beat Bayern or not, but I personally predict that Arsenal will win against Bayern and Arsenal will advance to the semifinals. The upcoming match is really exciting and tense.

Arsenal lost at home to Aston Villa and lost important points in the English championship. This may affect the EPL championship race, and also have a negative impact on the mood of the English in today's game against Bayern. In the last 6 Arsenal vs Bayern games, both teams have scored goals. In addition, Munich have always beaten the Gunners in the Champions League play-offs. Therefore, I am inclined to believe that the German team should go further.

Arsenal will have a difficult march at Allianz Arena in the second leg of the quartse-final against rival Bayern Munich. In the last two visits, Arsenal lost 1-5 to Bayern Munich. This match is predicted to not be good for Arsenal.

That painful stumble once again exposed Arsenal's fatal weakness: they are often out of breath in the decisive phase of the season. After the recent defeat, Arsenal lost the top spot in the Premier League rankings to Man City, and now they are facing the risk of being kicked out of the Champions League by Bayern. Arsenal's bravery is once again being questioned, and they face the risk of having a blank season. This is a prestigious playground where Bayern players surpass Arsenal in terms of experience. This was when Arsenal showed many loopholes in their playing style and psychological instability in the sprint phase. Meanwhile, Bayern Munich only has the Champions League to win the title. I believe Thomas Tuchel's team will do their best to prolong their hope.

[Richbased]

Well i think we are gonna see PSG again in a Champions League final,it is what it is. Dortmund cant have any chances against PSG and the draw clearly helps PSG this season.

What a mess was the yesterday game between Atletico and Dortmund, both teams were horrible in defensives play, and also both teams miss a lot of opportunities.

You can't draw conclusions yet about Dortmund not standing a chance against PSG because that was how we all thought they wouldn't stand a chance against Atletico Madrid yesterday but the reverse was the case. I watched a determined Dortmund yesterday because literally, when Atletico Madrid levelled the two goals that Dortmund scored earlier, instead Dortmund stood firm and scored another 2 goals to make it 4:2 and they maintained the lead till full time. Like I commend their resilience and determination yesterday and they played with a good team spirit hence they achieved a favourable result at last.

With the level of strength Dortmund showed in their match against Atletico Madrid, the bundesliga teams might be cooking something different this season because am also having this feeling that Bayern Munich will win Arsenal tonight and Bayern Leverkusen to reach Europa league finals so it might be an awesome European season for the German bundesliga teams.

[giammangiato]

The red card that Araújo received was a bit controversial and the referee seemed excessive by immediately issuing a red card, at least a yellow card was still normal, but after the red card the game changed drastically. Barcelona defense was completely bombarded by PSG players nonstop and Xavi had difficulty closing the gap. Yamal was pulled back and all the Barcelona players and coaches were stressed seeing the situation at hand. Like it or not, Barcelona elimination from the UCL ended all chances of winning a trophy this season, another La Liga representative, namely ATM, was also eliminated. One night, 2 La Liga clubs had to go home. Many Barcelona fans are now criticizing or expressing their frustration with Dembele, apparently not accepting the defeat he received and Dembele goal being the key to opening the next goal.

On the other hand, the ATM match was also unexpected, Dortmund actually became a nightmare for ATM, who had won in the first leg, but were left unable to move at the opponent home ground. This result brought together PSG and Dortmund to compete for tickets to the final. There is only one Spanish representative remaining, namely Real Madrid, who will visit Manchester City Headquarters today, where in every aspect the home squad is very favored so Madrid will have difficulty coming out as winners. The probability is quite small considering that while playing at Ettihad his history was quite negative.

Anything can happen in 90 minutes, hopefully the Madrid players can overcome the sharp attacks of the Manchester City players, especially since Kevin De Bruyne did not play in the 1st leg, so now they have to be better prepared to welcome this moment.

I also think it seemed excessive, I saw the match and lets say that even if it could be a slight red card, in these matches you must not show the card because you risk distorting the match
At least I think that way

Of course players shouldnt hit each other, but it didnt seem like a 100% red card to me...

[Lannakosa]

Everyone is expecting PSG to seize this opportunity to taste the trophy this season. Their chances of getting it is very high because, just like you said, they can easily defeat Dortmund. Atletico Madrid would have been more difficult for them base on their experience and type of defensive football. But Dortmund will come out to score and that will be their greatest undoing.

As soon as PSG make it to the final, I'm sure they will have overwhelming support provided they are not playing against Arsenal who is also facing the same ordeal as them. If that be the case, let the best team win because it will be practically difficult choosing who to support.

I wouldn’t say that PSG’s chances are so high now, the most difficult matches remain ahead. You see, PSG and Dortmund played in a group that was called the group of death, and these teams will meet again in the semi-finals of the Champions League, which means they are strong enough, but who should be preferred? Borussia Dortmund is a dark horse for me, I definitely didn’t expect them to be able to reach the semi-finals, and I didn’t believe that PSG could do it without Messi and Neymar.

The red card decided everything, without this I don’t think PSG could have won, and Xavi also couldn’t stand it and received a red card out of emotion, but I can understand him, he was one step away from the semi-finals, and lost everything. And Enrique proved that he is a great coach, if he reaches the final it will be a great achievement.

Today City and Real will decide who deserves to go to the semi-finals, it seems to me that City will be able to win today, well at least not lose, I hope they will play in the semi-finals.

[rahmad2nd]

Not as expected, right?
Barcelona had to give up in such a painful situation. How could it not be, having taken the lead through Raphinha in the 12th minute, Barcelona was forced to lose. Mbappe is a player who has created nightmares for Barcelona because he failed three times in a row to go further in the Champions League. I thought when Raphinha scored a goal, that Barcelona would make PSG again unable to do much in the Champions League as long as I fell in love with football.

What do you think about the two matches between Bayern Munich vs Arsenal and Manchester City vs Real Madrid.
Both of them drew in the 1st leg, is it possible they will draw again?

In fact, if Barcelona had not experienced a fatal error, last night's match would not have ended in an embarrassing defeat. unfortunately, Araujo made a mistake that required him to leave the field. In the end, Barcelona had problems with its defense. The entry of Inigo Martinez did not make Barcelona's defense line stronger, because after all, one less player meant that Barcelona could not carry out its tactics and strategy. In the end, defeat could not be avoided. Barcelona was helpless to withstand the attacks from Mbappe and his colleagues. what is clear is that in last night's match Paris Saint-Germain benefited after Araujo was given a red card, they dominated the game. Enrique and his squad proved to overthrow Barcelona in this match, he and his team were able to take advantage of Barcelona's weakness in playing with 10 players. Well, today we will watch two quite crucial matches. This match is also very interesting. Regarding the results, let's wait.

[TastyChillySauce00]

I'm not sure whether it's necessary to give a red card or not. In my opinion, the offense should have been sufficient for a yellow card. However, our assessment with the referee is different. At first I was sure Barcelona would qualify, because Barca had led the match with 1 goal, but after the red card received by Barcelona players, there was an imbalance from line to line, and made some room for PSG player to open positions for attacking, also PSG was able to maximize these conditions very well. Mbappe managed to score a good closing goal for this matches in the last minute of the second half.

IMO the referee gave a red card to Araujo, it was not a fatal offense especially not in the penalty box, but this has become a referee's decision that is difficult to overcome.

It's a fatal offense and araojo deserves a red card for that foul. How can you say if it was not a fatal offense? It was a last man foul and araujo intentionally prevented PSG's player to score while he was the last man. I think that you must read the last man rule in the football.
This is what araujo did to the PSG's player. No doubt that referee gave him red card as he was intentionally prevented PSG's player to score.

In football, the term last man refers to a situation wherein the attacking player owns the ball and is faced with one opposing defender standing between him and the goal. If the defender commits a foul against the attacking player, a red card is given as a penalty. This is often referred to as a professional foul.

https://www.sportspundit.com/soccer/terms/2870-last-man

Honestly, at the beginning, I was very optimistic that Barcelona would win as well as parlay betting expectations with Dortmund who had won successfully, but after Araujo was red carded Xabi changed the formation Yamal was pulled out because he only wanted to defend but the game became chaotic here we know PSG attacked quite aggressively until finally he could win which could not be expected.

Majority of people are also thinking the same like you but they got massive lose, araujo's red card is a the key point here. It's totally destroying the gameplay of barcelona. It proves that how barcelona can't even play stable when it was missing a player due to the red card or two yellow card accumulations.
PSG has so many world class attackers even barcelona's former player dembele was there. It's a very good result for PSG in beating barcelona at away game.

I was giving a lot of credits how mbappe was shut the fuck up all of barcelona fans since they were mocking him disappeared in the first leg.

[hahay]

After the match Xavi spoke very harshly about the referees. Naturally Xavi was very angry when the referees changed the course of the match and the round, they thought they could win this cup. It's a pity for this good team, they had the round in their hands with a 2 goal lead, but one red card changed everything. Barca could have stayed motivated but they couldn't win this psychological battle.

he conceded 4 goals, of course there were 10 of them, it wasn`t easy against PSG

I didn`t see the whole match, but does anyone who saw it know if the red card was right or wrong?

Just a personal curiosity of mine, because I don`t know if Xavi spoke out of anger or because he was right

I also don't know what really happened. But clearly, of course it was a very unfortunate result for Barcelona because Barcelona was ahead by a two goal difference, but when Barcelona only played with 10 players. Because yes, Ronald Araujo got a red card in the 29th minute and as such, it clearly had a really bad impact on Barcelona's performance when they were only playing with 10 players. Because after that, PSG really dominated the match until in the end PSG managed to make a comeback or managed to turn things around. But yes, even though La Liga basically has 3 teams in this quarter-final phase, but in the end the La Liga teams are the teams that fall in this quarter-final phase but even so, at least still have Real Madrid who will play today.

[Spaceman1000$]

I just felt that Barcelona would fall short against PSG since, in the first leg, they were caught off guard, and I know that PSG won't do it again. Therefore, I had complete faith in PSG yesterday, and they delivered in fact, Mbappe's performance altered. I was amazed, and I'm sure that guy is talented. and really committed, therefore whatever we do for dictation matters greatly. And the record affected the performance of of Barcelona yesterday
Even without the red card they would have won because psg was ready. Arsenal is ready to take on bayern Munich. Let's see if Arsenal will be able to win Bayern Munich. If Arsenal does not win this second league then Arsenal does not deserve to be on any of this leagues.

There was nothing special about the PSG side last night or Mbappé nor dembele, it was was just a case of luck and the inability of the centre referee to handle a game of this magnitude thereby reducing the morale of the home side by dolling out cards as if he was gifting candies to little children, until Barcelona were reduced to ten men they were playing very and even took the lead before psg got the equaliser, besides the referee wouldnt even listen to any of the plea from the home side but would rather respond to them with either a yellow card or sending the coaches off the sidelines. In summary, I think the performance of the referee was too poor and below standards and has influenced the outcome of the result.

[joniboini]

I didn`t see the whole match, but does anyone who saw it know if the red card was right or wrong?

Depends on who you ask I guess. As a neutral, I think you can say it is a red card since Araujo went for the man and it was in a 1v1/last man position IIRC, Gundogan seems to think so if this report is correct[1]. Whether it should be a red or not, it is clear that Araujo makes a terrible decision, and probably should've let the man run if he failed to defend him. Some Barca fans seem to think the red card is controversial though, and they feel like they deserve a penalty when Gundogan was down inside PSG's box. CMIIW.

[1] https://barcauniversal.com/kills-you-gundogan-critical-of-araujo-over-red-card-after-barcelona-1-4-psg/