Barcelona was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Champions League and did not make it against Atletico Madrid, despite a very strong first half from Hansi Flick's team, which had overcome the double disadvantage from the first leg, before being punished later and leaving the celebration to the Madrid team.
Present in the Sky Sport studios, former midfielder Zvonimir Boban, today president of Dinamo Zagreb, commented on the challenge at "Metropolitano", reports "Gazeta Express".
"Barcelona pushed a lot in the first half, it was almost 'inhuman' in terms of how much they attacked and created. But in the second half it was clear that they could no longer cope with that pace. Atletico always remained the same, even improved," he said.
Then, Boban stopped at the introduction of the new talent, Lamine Yamal.
"Then I saw Yamal tired, unprepared: at that age this shouldn't happen. Without him in the second half, it was difficult for Barcelona to create anything," he declared.
The Croatian legend added that the Catalans created several chances even when numerically inferior.
"In fact, surprisingly, they created more chances after Garcia was sent off than in the rest of the second half, after a first half they had dominated," Boban concluded. /Express newspaper
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