After this show of force, the capital club, which had only two European successes before Thursday, repositioned itself in the standings.

With seven points in their group B, the Parisians are within reach of second place, a guarantee of direct qualification in the quarter-finals.

Barcelona, ​​which currently occupies it, is only two lengths after its defeat Thursday in its Palau Blaugrana against the leader of the group Kielce (32-30).

In a first period of rare domination in this competition, the gang of Nikola Karabatic (3 goals) inflicted an 11-0 to the Portuguese, who had held Barcelona in check on the last day.

From 7-3 to 18-3, the French champions have not conceded a single goal in more than 15 minutes of play.

An invincibility which owed a lot to the serial parades of Vincent Gérard.

In a great evening, the Olympic champion with the Blues stacked 9 saves (60%) in the first period before giving way in the cages to Yann Genty after returning from the locker room.

The joy of Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Vincent Gérard during the semi-final of the Final Four of the Champions League against Barcelona, ​​December 28, 2020 in Cologne Ina Fassbender AFP / Archives

The outcome of the match then (18-4) was already no longer in doubt and the Polish pivot Kamil Syprzak, Parisian top scorer on Thursday, kept the Portuguese at bay by shaking the nets eight times, all after the break.

Mikkel Hansen (5 goals) and others travel to Porto for their next C1 match on Thursday marking the start of the return phase.

Their calendar will finally be favorable to them after a first phase during which they mainly moved.

The Parisians will receive the three big pieces of their group: Kielce, Barcelona and Veszprem.

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