On Champions League nights, where great stories are crafted and the hearts of heroes are tested, it seems that Barcelona has become captive to a hidden curse, repeating its chapters as if it were an unavoidable fate.

In the 2023/2024 season, the dream began to take shape after a valuable away victory against Paris Saint-Germain, but in the return leg, the scene changed with the expulsion of Ronald Araújo, turning the advantage into a harsh downfall. Barcelona exited the tournament against Paris as if the wind had swept away everything they had built.

In the 2024/2025 season, the scene repeated itself in another form; an early expulsion of Pau Kobarsi against Benfica. Although the team continued its journey to the semifinals, the end came against Inter Milan, leaving the scars present even if their fall was delayed.

In the current 2025/2026 season, the repetition has reached the point of absurdity... the same scene, the same pain. Against Atletico Madrid, in the first leg of the quarter-finals, Koparci was sent off again, as if time were looping in a closed circle. Barcelona lost 2-0, leaving their fate hanging on a difficult return leg at the "Wanda Metropolitano."

Three seasons, and three red cards... It's as if the color red has become a shadow haunting Barcelona on European nights, every time they approach the light, it pulls them back into darkness.