UCL: ‘You’ll smash these guys’ – Gerard tells Barça star ahead of second leg clash

Barcelona fable Gerard Pique has extended words of encouragement to the club’s star, Pau Cubarsi, up of the Blaugrana’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final 2nd limb lucifer against Atletico Madrid adjacent Tuesday.

Earlier this Wednesday Hansi Flick’s squad suffered a 2-0 decision to Atletico Madrid astatine Camp Nou during the archetypal leg.

Following Pau Cubarsi’s reddish paper successful the 44th minute, Julian Alvarez opened the scoring for the visitors with a well-placed free-kick. In the 2nd half, Alexander Sorloth accrued his team’s vantage against the Catalans successful the 70th minute.

Cubarsi, who was shown a consecutive reddish paper for a last-minute foul connected Giuliano Simeone, took to Instagram to admit his deficiency of discipline.

The 19-year-old centre-back expressed successful his societal media post, “One enactment determines the lucifer and the tie. That’s football, and I judge work for the outcome. There is inactive a agelong mode to spell successful this two-legged tie, and we are much agreed than ever: we are a family, and we person ever demonstrated that. Moving forward, with hard enactment and determination, we volition ne'er springiness up.”

Pique, who secured 9 La Liga titles and 3 UEFA Champions League trophies with Barcelona from 2008 to 2022, remarked,” “With your caput held high, kid. You’ll smash these guys connected your mode back.”

Cubarsi, who is s...