Paris Saint-Germain 1-4 for the Champions League quarter-finals

New match – a legend in the Champions League! Barcelona may have opened the scoring at home, but Araujo's sending off sent them through to the quarter-finals. Paris Saint-Germain achieved the surprise it wanted in “Molineux” (1-4) and with a total of 5-4 points, it qualified for the semi-finals of the tournament.. Kylian Mbappe scored two goals. The next competitor is Dortmund.

Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain.. amazed us! The football performance presented by the two teams was characterized by goals, expulsions, and the victory of Kylian Mbappe's team. It was the 4-1 result that “turned” the qualification for the French, after the 3-2 defeat they suffered at the Parc des Princes stadium. The Parisians thus found themselves in the semi-finals of the competition (5-4 aggregate points) and will face Dortmund for a place in the Wembley final.

With no option to play conservatively, Paris Saint-Germain tried to enter the match “strongly”, but it was Barcelona who opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Rafinha gave the Catalan team a greater lead in the qualifiers, as he made the score 1-0 with a close-range shot after Yamal's effort. And a through pass.

In the 20th minute, Barcelona had a wonderful moment with Lewandowski (the ball barely went above the horizontal). Paris Saint-Germain showed an improvement in pace after that, and saw Ter Stegen say “no” to Mbappe in the 28th minute. In the 29th minute, with a shot at Barcola, Araujo “dropped” his opponent on the edge of the penalty area, so the referee counted a foul and a red card for the Catalan player, leaving the “Blaugrana” to remain. With ten players!

The visitors pressed and equalized before the end of the first half. Dembélé scored from an assist from Barkola, and the stage was scanned for possible offside by the latter and He was It showed that the away player was marginally covered, thus giving the nod to 1-1. In the final stage of the first half (45+2), Dembélé sent the ball slightly wide of the goal, with a powerful shot, across a wide area.

Paris Saint-Germain pressed to reach the surprise goal and succeeded in scoring in the 54th minute, making the score 1-2 with Vitinha with a wonderful shot. Gundogan tried to “shock” the guests two minutes later, but it hit the crossbar. Shortly after, an angry Xavi kicked everything in front of him and the referee showed him a red card, leaving the Catalan bench without a first-team coach.

Luis Enrique's side finally reached the qualifying result, making it 1-3. Joao Cancelo brought down Dembele, and in the 61st minute, Mbappe converted a penalty kick. Barcelona did everything in its power in the last minutes to reduce the score, with Lewandowski, but in the end Paris… got lucky and achieved the final 1-4. From the rebound, the ball reached Mbappe, who “executed” Ter Stegen from close range in the 90th minute.

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