The French team, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for the final match of the UEFA Champions League, after their 3-0 victory over Leipzig in the semi-finals.
And at the Al-Nour Stadium in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, the stars of Saint-Germain flared up and led the French league champions to the final of the tournament for the first time in its history in search of the title that only one French team won, Olympique de Marseille, in 1993.
Saint-Germain scored his first goal in the 13th minute of a direct free kick by Angel Di Maria, and Brazilian defender Marquinhos headed it past Leipzig.
Di Maria added the second goal in the 43rd minute from a decisive pass with a magic touch from Brazilian star Neymar, after a serious mistake by Leipzig Golaxi, who was invested by the Parisian team.
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The first half witnessed several serious attacks by Saint Germain, including two attacks in minutes 6 and 7, the first pass from Mbappe, which was alone with Neymar in the goal, but he shot it next to the left post, and the second resulted in a goal by Lembabe that the referee canceled due to a handball on Neymar.
In the 35th minute, in the midst of relative calm, Neymar surprised everyone by shooting a free kick from the right side directly into the goal instead of passing it cross, as expected, but it passed directly next to the left post.
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Amid Leipzig's attempts to reduce the score, St. Germain led several successive attacks that resulted in the third goal in the 56th minute with a header from Juan Bernat.
The third goal shocked the Leipzig team, and the match turned into about a quarter of an hour for mutual passes between the St Germain players, until Leipzig woke up and began threatening Rico's goal in the hope of diminishing the score, but his attacks were destroyed at the threshold of the strength of the Parisian defense.
And St. Germain will face the winner of the other semi-final match on Wednesday between Lyon of France and Bayern Munich, in the final match of the tournament scheduled for next Sunday at Al-Nour Stadium.