Champions League: Barcelona Dumped Out of Two Tournaments in One Night After Defeat To PSG

• Barcelona vs PSG Champions League clash ended in a 4-1 win for the French side
• The result saw Barca dumped out of the European tournament on a 6-4 aggregate
• Kylian Mbappe was twice on target during the Tuesday night cracker played in Spain

Barcelona have been dumped out of two major tournaments following their Champions League defeat against Paris Saint-Germain in the last eight.

The Spanish giants looked on course to progress to the semi-finals of the European tournament after they stunned PSG 3-2 in the first leg of their fixture.

However, despite taking an early lead in the second leg played at Camp Nou on Tuesday night, Xavi's charges ended up losing 6-4 on aggregate.

Raphinha needed just 12 minutes to break the deadlock, only for Ronald Araujo to pick up a red card in the 29th minute.

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PSG went on to take advantage of Barcelona's numerical deficiency to turn things around, with Ousmane Dembele, Vitinha, and Kylian Mbappe finding the back of the net to steer PSG to a huge 4-1 win.

Barca dumped out of two tournaments

Barcelona's defeat in the tie saw them sent packing in the Champions League, with the French giants progressing to the semi-finals.

According to SPORTbible, the embarrassing loss also ruled out the Catalan side of playing in the newly expanded FIFA Club World Cup in 2025.

Twelve European teams are set to participate in the tournament in the United States, with the winners of the Champions League from 2021 to 2024 among the teams slated to compete.

That lineup includes Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester City, and whoever will secure this season's UCL trophy.

The other eight slots will be determined by the UEFA club coefficients, with Atletico Madrid, the other Spanish side set to participate.

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Bayern Munich, PSG, Inter Milan, Porto, Benfica, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, and one of FC Salzburg or Arsenal will also be a part of the tournament.

However, the Gunners will only earn a ticket to the competition if they win the UCL title.

Xavi insists Barcelona are underdogs

Earlier, Sports Brief also reported on Xavi claiming Barcelona are underdogs despite securing a first-leg lead against PSG in their UCL quarter-final clash.

Xavi will depart from his role as Barcelona's manager at the end of the season.