It was a bittersweet night time for Frenkie de Jong, who regardless of some defensive lapses and supplied an help as Barcelona beat Slavia Prague 4-2 within the UEFA Champions League.
In any case, he obtained a yellow card through the match in Czechia, which implies he’ll miss the ultimate match of the Champions League league section resulting from suspension.
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The Dutchman, who had a purpose wrongly dominated out for offside, picked up his third reserving within the competitors when he was cautioned by the official late on, incomes him an computerized one-match suspension.
Consequently, he won’t be obtainable when Barcelona face FC Copenhagen subsequent week in what’s a must-win recreation for them to maintain their hopes of a top-eight end alive.
An eventful outing for De Jong
The night time started on a bitter be aware for De Jong as he misplaced his marker for the opening purpose scored by Slavia Prague.
De Jong set to overlook Copenhagen conflict. (Picture by Gabriel Kuchta/Getty Photographs)
Nevertheless, he greater than made up for it later by taking management of the workforce’s play, particularly within the second half, when he led the push that in the end secured the victory for the Blaugrana.
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The Netherlands worldwide then had a purpose dominated out for a doable offside on Robert Lewandowski within the buildup, though the final consensus after the sport was that the fallacious name was made.
The Polish striker collected a rebound from the goalkeeper after a shot from Fermin Lopez, and as a substitute of taking pictures, laid the ball off to De Jong, who completed decisively.
Nevertheless, Lewandowski was deemed to be marginally offside in the mean time of Fermin’s shot, leaving De Jong with out what would have been his first purpose in Europe’s prime competitors.
De Jong capped his show with a vital help, establishing Fermin’s purpose that levelled the match, with a wonderful vertical cross into the world.
Nevertheless, now, Barcelona must make do with out their ace midfielder for what’s a must-win match, whereas Pedri, too, will probably be absent by way of harm.