Another romantic finish that will probably be found wanting...

Probable fixed soccer match in Barcelona today.

And, if it was, several of the players on the Paris-St. Germain team have got some questions to answer.

After a "dreamland" 4-0 win over European titan Barcelona in the opening match of the two-match round-of-16 tie in Paris, all PSG needed to do was basically show up and not throw the match, and they win.

I just watched most of the match on Fox Sports 2 just now.

They threw the damn match.

Paris-St. Germain should be investigated by UEFA, on at least two different grounds.

First is their conduct.  Five yellows to begin with, and that's only because the official was rank incompetent.  It's not even just the function that they might well have thrown the tie -- and I believe they did!  But, to watch the game and keep track, I counted at least four penalties and two red cards that PSG didn't get called for (the first penalty call was a denial of a goal scoring opportunity for #12, then #6 gets a quick yellow for demanding a Barcelona card, and then continues to so demand).

Then, Luis Suarez gets in on the act.  Gets one yellow for diving in the 67th, then, within five minutes, knowingly exhales after escaping red for a blind tackle.  Then, in the 91st, dives again and gets that call for the fifth Barcelona goal to bring them within one goal of victory.

The final Barcelona goal was good, the only offside player was out of the play.

That said, there's a second ground that needs to be looked at.

I've watched soccer matches for about 25 years now.  I've never seen a team so completely capitulate and "do the job" as I did here.  As much as I think the referee of this farce was incompetent on his face, I think it is adequately clear that Paris-St. Germain threw this match. 

What, a dozen giveaways or more in the defensive third? 

How many penalties did you actually commit?  About seven?

Then how many cards did the referee keep in his pocket to ensure the match didn't prematurely end?

Even if it's just for the conduct, UEFA needs a look at this one.

If you have the ESPN app, that should be on ESPN Deportes.  English language probably requires FOX Sports GO or maybe a replay around some of the basketball on FS1 or FS2.

You need to see this, and not with the rose-colored glasses some people want to put on this match.  Something went down here, and I don't think it was just the officiating.  I think the referee was SO incompetent, he never had control of the match and was very lucky to get off that pitch without a major incident.