yesf for any team it was already a disappointment to be paired with Barcelona in the quarter-final draw, there was someone for whom crossing paths with the azulgranas meant resurrecting old ghosts. And, as chance is usually pretty darn in these cases, that was precisely what happened.
For Kevin Trapp (Merzig, Germany, 1990) Returning to the Camp Nou will mean reliving one of the hardest days of his career as a goalkeeper. The German goalkeeper, who today plays for Eintracht Frankfurt, was the goalkeeper for Paris Saint-Germain five years ago. Exactly the day that Barcelona performed the miracle of coming back 6-1 from a tie that seemed to have been sentenced in the Parc des Princes with a 4-0.
Rivers of ink have flowed over that game. The arbitration was harshly criticized, the ability to overcome the Barcelona and the defense of the French team, overcome by circumstances, was particularly encouraged. However, the man who came out worse off from all that was poor Trapp. He appeared in all the photos with a lost look while the madness was unleashed between the Barcelona players and the stands of the Camp Nou.
It should be remembered that that day was especially unlucky, with some out at the wrong time, such as the one that facilitated Barcelona’s first goal, the work of Louis Suarez, or the impossible goal of Andres Iniesta.
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Gone are those days. Pratt is now a veteran goalkeeper, settled in the starting lineup at Eintracht. He has conceded 47 goals in 34 games and is one of the strong men of a team that already showed his capacity for suffering against Real Betis.
I was talking about this yesterday Raphael Yuste, Barça’s sports vice president, upon learning of the pairing. Also the reunion with Trapp. “I imagine that the man would not have a very good memory,” He said.
