Barcelona sees red as PSG pounces
China DailyBarcelona's Ronald Araujo argues with referee Istvan Kovacs after being shown a red card for pulling down Bradley Barcola. PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain's emphatic victory over Barcelona keeps alive the French club's dream of ending the Kylian Mbappe era by lifting the Champions League trophy at Wembley in June. "I told the coach we were going to win and qualify," PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi proudly told broadcaster Canal Plus. The final scoreline was identical to that of its last visit to Barcelona in February 2021, when Mbappe hit a hat-trick in the first leg of a last-16 tie it eventually won 5-2 on aggregate. The closest PSG has come to winning the Champions League trophy with Mbappe came in 2020, where it lost the final to Bayern Munich in Lisbon, behind closed doors during the pandemic.