{"id":3794,"date":"2026-04-13T23:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T23:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3794\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T23:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T23:13:14","slug":"barcelona-fans-need-to-wake-up-patrice-evras-brutal-takedown-on-catalans-champions-league-chances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3794\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Barcelona fans need to wake up\u2019 \u2013 Patrice Evra\u2019s brutal takedown on Catalans\u2019 Champions League chances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Former Manchester United and France defender Patrice Evra has issued a dire taunt to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcablaugranes.com\/barcelona-uefa-champions-league\/117538\/how-will-barcelona-line-up-against-atletico-madrid-champions-league\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Barcelona fans hoping their team can make it past Atl\u00e9tico Madrid;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Barcelona fans hoping their team can make it past Atl\u00e9tico Madrid&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Barcelona fans hoping their team can make it past Atl\u00e9tico Madrid<\/a> in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In quotes collected by Diario SPORT, the outspoken former left-back says: \u201cListen, Barcelona fans need to wake up and face reality. I see all those \u2018Remontada\u2019 profile pictures everywhere; it\u2019s time to show some humility and take them down. This isn\u2019t the Barcelona of 2015; that team no longer exists. We\u2019ve seen them collapse time and again on the big stage, and, honestly, they aren\u2019t capable of pulling it off again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Bar\u00e7a do have a mountain to climb as they trail Atl\u00e9tico 0-2 and will play the second match away from home tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIn the Champions League, they\u2019re more likely to pick up another red card than they are to win, lately, it\u2019s become a habit. I have complete faith in Diego Simeone and his men. They are warriors; they are well-prepared and ready to put a stop to this,\u201d Evra said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Blaugrana dominated the first leg until it was marred by a Pau Cubars\u00ed red card.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cBar\u00e7a fans, stay calm and keep quiet, because Europe is a different story\u2026 and you are no longer the kings. I love this sport, but I love the truth even more,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Evra won the Champions League playing for Manchester United but lost four finals. Curiously, three of those finals were against Barcelona: twice with United (in 2009 and 2011) and once more with Juventus (in 2015.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Manchester United and France defender Patrice Evra has issued a dire taunt to Barcelona fans hoping their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2825,179,92,187,1867,1455,223,556,1238,263,2824,1895,1819,2823,2584,1236],"class_list":{"0":"post-3794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-amazon-prime-video","9":"tag-atletico-madrid","10":"tag-barcelona","11":"tag-champions-league","12":"tag-diario-sport","13":"tag-diego-simeone","14":"tag-fc-barcelona","15":"tag-france","16":"tag-juventus","17":"tag-manchester-united","18":"tag-parc-des-princes","19":"tag-paris","20":"tag-paris-saint-germain","21":"tag-patrice-evra","22":"tag-the-champions-league","23":"tag-uefa-champions-league"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}