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·11 April 2024
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·11 April 2024
An insight into the reward afforded to Xavi’s Barcelona squad for their efforts in putting Paris Saint-Germain to the sword on Wednesday has been forthcoming online.
Barca, of course, are fresh off securing a winning return to action on the continent.
After making the trip to the Parc des Princes for the first leg of the club’s Champions League quarter-final tie with PSG, the Blaugrana ultimately did enough to emerge on the right side of a 3-2 result.
A whole host of the club’s stars enjoyed stellar individual performances in France’s capital, with the likes of Pau Cubarsí, Jules Koundé and Raphinha having been singled out for praise post-match.
In the end, though, it was the excellence of Xavi’s side as a unit which proved the difference in securing a first-leg advantage to take back to Catalunya next Tuesday.
In turn, it only feels appropriate that the club’s stars were rewarded as a group by Joan Laporta and the Barca board.
As revealed by Javier Miguel of Diario AS, Laporta dropped in to the Blaugrana’s dressing room following the full-time whistle at the Parc des Princes, to provide each and every member of Xavi’s squad with a handshake, and some words of encouragement.
Not only that, but Barcelona’s president then went about sourcing a well-earned post-match meal:
‘He did not stop until he found a chain of hamburger restaurants in Paris that brought the players their promised snack,’ it is added.
Conor Laird | GSFN