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Barcelona coach Xavi branded Romanian referee Istvan Kovacs’s performance disastrous after he showed three red cards in Paris Saint Germain’s 6-4 Champions League quarterfinal win at the Olympic Stadium.
The biggest blow to Barça came on the half hour when Ronald Araujo was adjudged to have brought down Bradley Barcola just before he burst into the area.
‘The decision completely changed the game,’ said the Barcelona coach. ‘It was too much to give a red card.
‘I told the referee his performance was very bad. He was a disaster. He killed the tie.’
Xavi was late sent off for dissent – it was his third dismissal from the touchline of the season. It’s four reds and 22 yellows since he became Barça boss.
Ronald Araujo was dismissed in the first-half of Barcelona's 4-1 defeat to PSG on Tuesday
