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BARCELONA 1-4 PSG (Summary)
27 ‘platform. Messi (B), 32 ‘, 64’ and 85 ‘Mbappé (P), 70’ Kean (P)
BARCELONA (4-3-3): Ter Stegen; Dest (71 ‘Mingueza), Piqué (79’ Puig), Lenglet, Jordi Alba; De Jong, Busquets (79 ‘Pjanic), Pedri (79’ lashes); Dembélé, Messi, Griezmann (85 ‘Braithwaite). Everyone. Koeman
PSG (4-3-3): Navas; Florenzi (89 ‘Kehrer), Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Kurzawa; Gueye (46 ‘Herrera), Paredes, Verratti (73’ Draxler); Kean (85 ‘Danilo), Icardi, Mbappé. Everyone. Pochettino
Ammonites: Gueye (P)
Mbappé phenomenon. In the house of Leo Messi, the former balloon wunderkind has officially become simply a prodigy. Prodigious. Spectacular. Dominant. Three goals at the Camp Nou in the round of 16 had never been scored by anyone. And only one other player in the history of the Champions League had achieved it, twenty-four years ago, his name was Andriy Shevchenko. And not only that: 111 goals with the PSG shirt, which at just 22 years means the third place of all time in the entire history of the club’s scorers, and the tenth goal for him in the knockout phase (only two French have been able to score better, Henry and Benzema). But above all what seemed to all intents and purposes a transfer. Messi scores, but the brightest star is the phenomenon Kylian. Spearhead of a Psg without Neymar but coral. Wonderful assist from Verratti, Florenzi puts his hand at 2-1. Kean plays very well and scores. Be careful with the return, already in 2017 PSG had made four to the Catalans only to succumb in the famous 6-1 of the return, but it was another Barça. Today’s, on the other hand, seems to be at the end of a cycle.
The match
Official training. Pochettino chooses 433: two great absentees for him, especially Neymar, but also Di María. Play then Icardi In front, with Kean and Mbappé close to the former Inter. Verratti needle of the balance: inner midfield at 433 or even higher, attacking midfielder at 4231. And there is another Italian in the field: Florenzi on the right. At home Barcelona the great return is that of the flag Pique, absent since the end of November. Three months. Trident against the Frenchman with two Frenchmen: Griezmann and Dembélé, together with the inevitable Leo Messi, also at the center of the market rumors, distributed among the always used Blaugrana colors and, perhaps, those of PSG for the future. Koeman sends Pjanic to the bench (only five as a starter this year in La Liga but six of six from 1 minute in the Champions League group). De Jong, Busquets and the star Pedri are the midfielders.
Play. Ready and go, it is immediately a show (surprised?), Two goals and many chances. Let’s start with the key moments: Messi is released from a penalty but Mbappé recovers it immediately with the 1-1 in the area on the genius of Verratti (lovely help from outside). In the midst of much more: Icardi wasted alone against Ter Stegen in the 19 ‘, Dembélé did the same against Navas sixty seconds after Lionel’s 20th signing of the season. 1-1 still hands in the hair for the fans on the couch: Ter Stegen does a miracle in Kurzawa diagonally (35 ‘), and Griezmann touches the post in the action of photocopying on the opposite side (38’). On? Not at all: in the last half Icardi tries to make Drogba try to head forward into the near post from a corner: ball out (44 ‘). And interval.
In the second half, an immediate change: Gueye comes out, yellow card and red risk several times in the first half. Enter Herrera. Kean (his game is excellent) tries immediately, then sweats a cold on Psg as Messi approaches a free kick from the edge (barrier). And later? obviously Mbappe. At 64 ‘Florenzi escapes to the right, ball to the middle, deflection and again a goal for him. And then Kean: a double blow from a technical knockout in the 70th minute that knocked out the Catalans. Koeman tries to run for cover with a triple change: Puig, Pjanic and Trincão for Piqué, Busquets and Pedri. Griezmann is close to scoring, but only on a Navas error that threatens to combine him big in a postponement. Also Braithwaite and Danilo on the field, but the phenomenon with the number 7 on the jersey is still on. Counterattack led by Draxler, help him and triplet. If the audience had been there, it would have been a huge standing ovation.
