Barca lost painfully to Inter: Lamine Yamal was once again filled with hatred for his teammates

Lamine Yamal explodes but is unlucky

“ I am disappointed, not with the team ,” Hansi Flick exclaimed after another dramatic chase with Inter Milan . “I don’t want to talk about the referee, but every decision is 50-50 in their favor.”

“We all know what happened last time we came here,” Eric Garcia, who scored Barcelona ’s first goal at the Giuseppe Meazza, also directed his attention at referee Szymon Marciniak.

Lamine Yamal dancing at Giuseppe Meazza. Photo: FCB

Eric alluded to the semi-final against Jose Mourinho's Inter in 2010. However, Flick tried to downplay the controversy over the Polish referee.

“ It would be unfair to my team to talk about the referee. We will learn from this game. It is a process of development. We want to continue learning. Next season, we will be back.”

Of course, Lamine Yamal will be back too. When the loudspeakers at the Giuseppe Meazza read out the names of the Barca players, the crowd responded with boos. No one reacted as strongly as the 17-year-old wearing the number 19 shirt.

Lamine said he was not afraid. “I left my fear in Mataro Park,” Yamal stressed before the match.

On the contrary, it is Yamal who strikes fear into the hearts of fans across Europe, and into the strategies of his opponents.

Lamine Yamal was unlucky. Photo: Europa Press

The great Fabio Capello said recently: “Yamal seems to have no fear. In fact, between the EURO, the Champions League and the games against Real Madrid, he has shown that he has the character of a champion: the more important the game, the better he plays.”

It was a talent that Simone Inzaghi knew he had to control: Lamine could no longer continue to tear apart Inter's defence like before.

However, he was not bothered by the hostility from Inter tifosi, nor was he afraid of Inzaghi's defensive tactics. "What if there are 2-3 people marking me?" Yamal told his friends before arriving in Milan. "It's okay, there are always 2 or 3 people marking me."

In the "cage" that Inzaghi built, Lamine still danced: 9 shots, with 5 accurate, 7 fouls; 14 successes in 20 breakthrough attempts.

Lamine was stunned by Sommer's save in the 114th minute. Photo: OneFootball

The problem was that Lamine Yamal was unlucky: 1 shot hit the post, 5 times were blocked by Sommer. The highlight was the shot in the 114th minute that the Swiss goalkeeper flew to push away with his fingertips, which surprised even him.

Araujo the Sinner

Apart from the luck factor and Sommer "possessed", the key point that made Lamine Yamal leave Giuseppe Meazza in frustration, after a respectful hug from Marcus Thuram, was his teammate Ronald Araujo.

Hansi Flick criticized Marciniak, but the Polish referee did not make any wrong decisions that turned the match around.

On the contrary, when entering the field in the first half, Araujo directly became the culprit who threw away the Champions League final ticket that Barca thought they had firmly in their hands.

Araujo was directly involved in Barca's last two goals. Photo: EFE-EPA

This season, Araujo is no longer a priority for Flick. However, with Jules Kounde and Alejandro Balde missing, and a busy schedule, the Uruguayan centre-back came on in the 76th minute.

As the second half entered the final minutes of stoppage time, Araujo clumsily let centre-back Francesco Acerbi cover him and finish past goalkeeper Szczesny.

Acerbi, 37 years old, played from the first minute, but still overwhelmed Araujo, who is 11 years younger than him.

The story of the sinner did not stop there. In the 99th minute, Marcus Thuram, despite being very tired (he had just recovered for more than a week) , still easily passed Ara u jo with simple movements on the right wing.

Thuram eliminated Araujo, passed the ball to Terami to release Davide Frattesi to shoot dangerously towards the far corner, leaving Szcz e sny completely helpless.

Not referee Szymon Marciniak, Araujo is the Barca team. Photo: Javi Ferrandiz/SPO

“ We are very sad. We were so close and then we lost ,” Araujo admitted. “The whole team fought hard, but we conceded too many goals . It was a big shock . ”

These two mistakes recalled Barca's 4-1 defeat to PSG at Montjuic last year. At that time, with a 3-2 first-leg win, Raphinha opened the scoring after 12 minutes of the second leg. That advantage was blown away by Araujo's clumsy tackle, earning him a straight red card in the 29th minute.

Lacking defensive personnel, Lamine Yamal had to make sacrifices: Xavi Hernandez withdrew him to put on Inigo Martinez. However, Barca still conceded 4 goals (Kylian Mbappe scored a double).

Lamine Yamal's Champions League dream was shattered once again because of Araujo. Cules called for the 26-year-old midfielder to be sold immediately.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/barca-thua-inter-o-cup-c1-lamine-yamal-bi-dong-doi-dam-sau-lung-2398529.html