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"Barcelona is much inferior to PSG, Coman understands that he is far from winning any title"
The Catalans are stunned after the 4: 1 they suffered from the French champions in the first game of the Champions League quarter-finals.
Ronald Koeman: "This is not a hard blow"
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Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 00:29
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A huge disappointment was recorded tonight (Tuesday) among Barcelona's men and players, after the Catalans were defeated 4: 1 at the Camp Nou by Paris Saint-Germain in the first meeting of the Champions League quarter-finals.
Among Ronald Koeman's team hoped to look much better, and certainly achieve a better result, but the local defense collapsed time and time again in the face of the Paris attack led by the giant Killian Ambape, who scored a hat-trick and perhaps signaled to Blaugrana star Lionel Messi his intention to inherit his place as the biggest star in world football .
Beyond the deep pit ahead of the rematch, this is Barcelona's first ever home loss to Paris Saint-Germain.
During the game, it was impossible not to remember the famous 1: 6 that Barcelona achieved about four years ago over the French, who became 0: 4 behind from the first game.
Despite the similarities between the two cases, it is hard to believe that the current Barcelona have the tools to win in Paris, and certainly not to defeat Pochettino's team.
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Barcelona's defense once again handed out presents.
Pika (Photo: GettyImages, David Ramos)
Former Bayern Munich and Manchester United midfielder
Owen Hargreaves has
come out in Coman's defense, arguing that all blame should not be placed on him, and that Barcelona simply are not a good enough team to beat PSG.
"It's not Coman's fault," said the former Englishman.
"Barcelona is far inferior to Paris Saint-Germain. At this point, Coman already understands that he is far from winning any title, and that's not something I remember saying about a Barcelona team."
Ronald Koeman
himself was very disappointed at the end, admitting: "In the second half they were much better. They were very efficient. I think the first half was considered, but in the second half we had too many problems and they showed superiority both with the ball and in terms of physicality. "0-1, we had a great opportunity from Osman Dembele, and it's a pity we missed it. I don't think we suffered a hard blow. We are in the midst of a process of change."
Barcelona player
Antoine Griezmann
said at the end: "That's not how we wanted to look, it's hard to digest that we absorbed a quartet at home. We had a few situations to conquer, but we didn't take advantage of them."
The Frenchman praised the opponent: "They were better in every aspect. It was not our good game."
Despite the heavy defeat, the Barcelona striker refused to give up: "We will travel to Paris with the aim of winning."
Equaled Raul's record, but Barcelona are on track for an early relegation from the Champions League.
Messi (Photo: Reuters)
The numbers
* Lionel Messi scored against PSG his first Champions League goal of 2021. This is the 17th year in a row that Flea has won in the Champions League.
In doing so he equaled the pinnacle of Real Madrid legend Raul.
* The goal Messi scored was his 20th goal of the season in all submissions for Barcelona.
This is the 13th consecutive season in which he has scored more than 20 goals a season for the Blaugrana.
* For the first time in the history of the Champions League, Barcelona suffers two consecutive home losses when it absorbs three goals and more (3: 0 against Juventus in the last round of the home leg, and the quartet suffered from PSG).
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