Inter Milan reached the Champions League final after a thrilling 4-3 victory over their Spanish visitors, Barcelona, in a fiery comeback on Tuesday evening.
\nThe Italian side secured their place in the Munich final, awaiting the winner on aggregate between Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n
According to the Spanish newspaper El Nacional, German coach Hansi Flick expressed his deep anger at the referee\u2019s performance during the match, holding Polish referee Szymon Marciniak responsible for Barcelona\u2019s defeat and elimination from the Champions League.
\nFlick believes that the Polish referee denied Barcelona two penalty kicks and failed to call a foul on an Inter player in the build-up to the Italian team\u2019s last-minute equalizer.<\/p>\n
The newspaper added that Flick did not stop there, launching an unprecedented attack on Barcelona duo Pau Cubars\u00ed and Gerard Mart\u00edn, who, according to him, contributed to Inter\u2019s qualification after Bar\u00e7a\u2019s comeback.
\nCubars\u00ed had one of his worst performances with Barcelona, conceding a penalty that led to Inter\u2019s second goal, while Gerard Mart\u00edn was responsible for two of the goals scored by the Italian side against Marc-Andr\u00e9 ter Stegen.<\/p>\n
The report went on to say that Flick reprimanded team star Ronald Ara\u00fajo for his disastrous performance, which contributed to Barcelona\u2019s elimination from the Champions League.
\nHe failed to mark Inter defender Francesco Acerbi, who scored the equalizer in the dying seconds, sending the match into extra time.<\/p>\n
Flick reportedly decided that Ara\u00fajo should not remain at Barcelona a minute longer, and asked club president Joan Laporta to offload him in the upcoming summer transfer window.<\/p>\n
However, Flick did not stop there; he went on to console Barcelona duo Pedri and Lamine Yamal, who put in a tremendous effort until the final seconds of the match.
\nUnfortunately, their efforts were undone by their teammates\u2019 childish mistakes and the complete absence of Raphinha, who only appeared during the sequence leading to Barcelona\u2019s third goal.<\/p>\n
In an unexpected development, Barcelona president Joan Laporta entered the team\u2019s dressing room and offered support to the players after their emotional breakdown following the club\u2019s crushing Champions League exit.<\/p>\n
Laporta reportedly believes that the primary responsibility for the team\u2019s elimination lies with Uruguayan star Ronald Ara\u00fajo, who failed to learn from past mistakes\u2014and told him directly to look for a new club at the end of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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