Was Xavi wrong? Lamine Yamal was sacrificed for the red card to Ronald Araújo

It remains clear that the expulsion of Ronald Araújo conditioned the party of turn between the FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, and of course also to the final denouement that had the eliminatory. The group culé finish yielding in defence, something that did not do home does several months, and with a 1-4 final sacked of the current edition of the Champions League, although perhaps the decision of Xavi Hernández of how encarar that red card to the central could have marked some difference, although certainly never will know it.

And it is that when it arrived the minute 30 of party and the Barça confirmed that would have a player less by little more than an hour, remained clear that the staff Barcelona had to move the bench and try rearm the line of four defenders, which had to Frenkie of Jong by a pair of minutes like a solution of emergency. The only central natural of the staff, further of Koundé in the right-handed side, was Iñigo Martínez, the one who finally finish ingresando by a Lamine Yamal that it was the 'sacrificed', but did not seem the most hit decision.

Xavi left to the Barça without one of his footballers more in shape

By that moment the extreme was being very important for the offensive game of the Barcelona team, in addition to delivering a lot of intensity in the moment to try recover the balloon, but Xavi decided that the easiest way was to withdraw to a forward and between Lewandowski, Raphinha and the canterano, the more youngster seemed the simplest. However, the Barça lost all danger by the right side of the field and remained with a Pedri on the field that clearly could not play more than 60 minutes.

Knowing this in advance, the Canarian seemed another option more than valid, to weigh that this would mean to leave to the team with alone two mediocampistas natural, but Raphinha could solve that of partial way, at least until arriving to the rest. The Brazilian already has acted like a third interior this season and with his speed and work could have fulfilled the role of a Pedri that already to the term of the first-half evidenció an important tiredness, something that in the second time almost did not vary.

Like this, the Barça could have taken a distinct way after the red controversy to Ronald Araújo, although it is a difficult assessment to do since Xavi, in theory, took the most conservative way when understanding that had two goals of advantage in the global in that moment and besides already had surpassed the equator of the first time. For many lose a headline in big moment of form like Lamine was a mistake, although other himself that would have taken the way of not using to a forward like third mediocampista in a party of so much defensive requirement.