HT Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona
Decent night so far from Cucurella — he played a key role in the Chelsea goal, and then his surge forward provoked Araujo’s red card.
This was always going to be a huge game for the Catalan, who came through the youth ranks at Barca’s La Masia academy. He only played seven minutes for the first team, in an early stage Copa del Rey game in 2017 before leaving two years later.
Cucurella was very polite and correct when talking about his old club yesterday, but surely he’ll be feeling pretty happy about his evening so far.
