Fans have come to the rescue to explain the meaning of Ronald Araujo's hand gesture after he was sent off against Paris Saint-Germain.
The Barcelona defender was given a straight red card after he bowled over Bradley Barcola 29 minutes into the Champions League clash, with a free-kick awarded.
His sending-off triggered an insane twist of events as PSG crumbled. Barcelona had been 1-0 up on the night and 4-2 up on aggregate, a flurry of goals gave PSG a 6-4 aggregate lead.
Araujo was furious, protesting with his team-mates in the face of referee Istvan Kovacs, but he had bundled Barcola as he hared clean through on goal. A VAR check confirmed the decision.
He performed a hand gesture as he stalked off the pitch, splaying his fingers and twisting his hand, and viewers in England wondered what it meant.
Fortunately, football fans purportedly familiar with South American culture have arrived on the scene to explain his action.
'It’s the South American hand gesture for stealing,' one wrote on Reddit. Araujo is Uruguayan.
'I'd say it's also understandable in Spain, if not for the comments here I'd have thought it was universal,' another wrote.
The consensus among commenters was that Araujo thought he had been robbed, with fans in Portugal and Italy also explaining that they recognised the gesture.
Barcelona are no strangers to capitulations in Europe. They famously squandered a 3-0 advantage against Liverpool in 2019 in the semi-finals, losing 4-0 at Anfield.
zakabprz
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if it wasn't for that red, we would have won the match😭
Adukeade
217
then where else was he awful? because the foul on Dembele was a penalty as well... you don't need foul for that bro
Thunder go strike you nih you didn’t see wetin happen abi
yuhbcmryz
170
useless Barcelona and atm
Barcelona is useless to you but they are far more better the team you support so who is much more useless and senseless? A team that spent over €1b in a season on transfer but end up 10th in the league log Such team is shit a hole, their leaders are empty useless.
AbrahMkonoJr
169
That was a red card period because the guy was heading for the goal and he touched him thats it. Taking out Lamine was the other thing..Lamine should have stayed..I thought De Jong should have dropped in defence and hold till half time and second half we could have brought in Fermine for Pedri early on..I dont trust Inigo's speed at all. What we needed was control..
Hokbdeikos
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masa stop blaming the coach... what's the meaning of that shit... if he wins you have something to say,,, aaahh... look at the players playing champions league for Barca... La masia players with no experience... and tell me the experience players in the Barca team... chale this blaming behave isn't good. The red card is the cause of everything and we should know... The idea to blame Xavi at every opportunity you get is very bad.