Barcelona defender, Ronald Araujo has spoken for the first time after he was sent off against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League quarter-final semi-final clash.
Despite going into the game with a first leg win, Barcelona were dumped out of the competition as PSG emerge victorious with a 4-1 win on the night and 6-4 on aggregate.
Barcelona were leading 4-2 when Araujo saw red for a tug on Bradley Barcola who was through on goal. His team could not cope with 10 players and PSG took full advantage.
Araujo had now broken his silence on the incident, admitting he’s been hit hard by the blow and he’s “very sorry” not to have delivered a place in the semi-final for fans.
Taking to his official Instagram page, Araujo wrote:
“Football that gave me so much joy, is now hitting me hard,” he said. “I thank all those who are unconditionally by my side, my teammates who left everything on the field, and the fans who believed in this team until the end. I’m so sorry for not giving you this joy. We’ll try this again. Go Barça, now and forever! God is in control.”
Araujo has come in for a fair bit of criticism for his mistake. Club teammate, Ilkay Gundogan noted that the defender would have been better to have simply let Barcola go rather than commit a foul.
