Paris Saint-Germain overthrows Barcelona and reaches the quarterfinals

Kylian Mbappé opened the scoring for the hosts from the penalty spot (30), and then Argentine Lionel Messi tied for the guests in the 37th minute.

And the Parisian team booked their place in the quarterfinals, taking advantage of their 4-1 victory at the Camp Nou.

• Kylian Mbappé became the youngest player to score 25 goals in the Champions League at the age of 22 years and 80 days, surpassing Lionel Messi (22 years and 286 days).
• Mbappé became the first player to score 4 goals against Barcelona in one season in the most outstanding European competition on the old continent.
• Lionel Messi scores from the furthest distance from the goal in the Champions League (30 meters).
• Messi equaled the record for most penalty kicks taken in a UEFA Champions League season (5 penalties).
• Barcelona is the first team to score 7 penalties in a single season in the Champions League.

Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino’s team entered the game more comfortably to reach the quarterfinals.

But despite this, the Parisians were overwhelmed with fear at the game of the painful memory of the historic Comeback in 2017 against the same rival and in the same role, when they won 4-0 in the first leg before falling 6-1. in Barcelona.

The possibility that Barcelona would return to the game was also possible, especially with the absence of the Brazilian star of Saint-Germain Neymar for not recovering from the injury, who was the protagonist of Comeback when he was in the ranks of Barcelona at that time.

For its part, the team of Dutch coach Ronald Koeman was aware that their mission required a great miracle, but hope remained before the game, especially after achieving a small “comeback” last week in the semifinals of the Spanish Cup. against Sevilla.

But the winds did not blow like the boats of the Catalan club, which played its first game before the eyes of its brand new president, Joan Laporta, re-elected this Sunday.

Navas impact dam

The match began with a pressure attack from Barcelona, ​​and the first threat came in the ninth minute from a Messi free kick, but it hit Navas’ goal.

In the tenth minute, Frenchman Osman Dembélé hit an easy ball in Navas’ arms, before Messi wasted the opportunity to open the scoring when Dembélé crossed him into the area and failed to tame it (24).

After five minutes, the referee awarded a penalty to Saint Germain after the French Clement Langley intervened on the Argentine Mauro Icardi. Mbappé flew it and fired a missile to the right of German goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, announcing the departure of his team. (29).

The French Antoine Griezmann passed a ball deep in the defense of Saint-Germain to his compatriot Dembélé, and hit him in the arms of Navas (34).

Barcelona rose quickly and Messi scored the tying goal for Barcelona in the 37th minute, with a superb volley to his left from outside the box in the upper right corner of Navas’ goal.

Barcelona almost went ahead when the referee awarded a penalty to the Catalan team after a clash between Laeven Kurzawa and Griezmann, but Navas shone in front of Messi and blocked the ball (45 + 2).

With the start of the second half, Barcelona continued to press, and Messi almost doubled the score when he received a ball from Jordi Alba inside the area, and was about to hit and score had it not been for the intervention of the Brazilian defender Marquinhos ( 61).

And Navas returned to star by covering a powerful header from Sergio Busquets inside the area, and turned it into a corner (69).

Barcelona set the pace for the game and forced the St Germain players to retreat to defense, but without success.

From a counterattack, Mbappé was about to score the second goal for Saint Germain in the minute (90 + 1), but his shot went strong over the goal, ending the match crossing the Parisians 5-2 on aggregate .