Barcelona bid farewell to the Champions League in the semi-finals after a marathon match that ended in a 4-3 defeat to Inter Milan, with the Italian team eliminating the Catalan side on a 7-6 aggregate score. Despite the fighting spirit shown by some of the Catalan team’s players, fatal defensive errors were the defining feature of this painful elimination.
According to reports from the Spanish newspaper El Nacional, amidst the chaos, a tense and explosive moment unfolded in the Barcelona dressing room after the match, as young star Lamine Yamal expressed extreme anger, pointing the finger directly at Uruguayan defender Ronald Araujo. Araujo came on as a second-half substitute following an injury to Iñigo Martínez, but made careless errors in positioning and marking that cost the team two crucial goals — one of them in the dying moments — completely shattering the Blaugrana’s hopes of reaching the final.
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According to close sources, Yamal made no secret of his frustration, threatening to leave the team if the club’s management did not take swift action to dismiss Araujo, holding him primarily responsible for the disastrous elimination. Yamal’s statements have raised serious questions about the future atmosphere in Barcelona’s dressing room and the possibility of major changes in the upcoming transfer window.
