If there's one reason to build a star-studded team, it's for them to solve the key game at the right time. That's what Neymar and Mbappé did , taking the fear of PSG on their backs and pushing the team to the semifinals. Atalanta failed to round off a feat that had been written in its history the year that was the only joy for Bergamo. [Narration and statistics: 1-2]

The Italians could not hold the talent. It was Mbappé's turn to watch from the bench as the Brazilian threw the team and assumed all the roles. From game catalyst to finisher. It multiplied but clouded over and over again where it never forgives. He failed in a heads-up with Sportiello at the start and the error haunted him the rest of the game against Atalanta who, although it altered his blatant game pattern somewhat, knew how to continue taking advantage of it.

The Italians are not an easy team. They protect themselves just enough, but their forcefulness in attack is unparalleled. If Neymar threw the first warning, Hateboer responded by forcing Keylor with a headbutt .

Gasperini looked for his team to have one more point of packaging, although that meant sacrificing Papu Gómez in the duel to eclipse Marquinhos . And the Argentine did his job. Without his baton, Neymar had to start and end play, little helped by Icardi in the task. They forced the Italians to use themselves to short-circuit his attacks, and served him on a platter his best weapon: the counterattack. From whom Zapata commanded to the front, the opening to the band was born so that Pasilic advanced to the Goddess on the scoreboard.

PSG grew more after the blow, but it did not overcome its blocking when stepping on the area. Two very clear occasions had Neymar to equalize. The first in a steal that leads to a right hand that is lost close to the stick. The second taking advantage of a loss from Hateboer that he did not send to the bottom of the net due to the weight of the memory of the first wrong heads-up.

The Italians could not find a way to stop the Brazilian, fresh and with a speed more than the rest of his teammates, although so demanding that he had to settle for a rosary of fouls on the edge of the area.

Mbappé entrance

Tuchel saw very clearly that he could no longer keep Mbappé's wild card. He needed his strength and his talent against a rival who was showing symptoms of suffocation and whom Gasperini had to shake. They were both playing against the clock and it was time to measure the forces.

While Atalanta seemed to give up on fattening the scoreboard, Neymar was blurred while his team became more coral. Marquinhos woke up and the bands stretched . The French team was loose in the effort to stay alive in Europe. He did it without Keylor, who requested the change due to injury, and entrusting himself to Mbappé, who stood twice against Sportiello without being able to beat him . La Diosa's defense could not contain its strength, but the French suffered the injury and the long inactivity of a team that has only played two official matches since returning from the competition.

Installed in the Italian field but gripped by their own fear, PSG was reborn. In four minutes, Marquinhos and Choupo-Moting gave him life to fight for a Champions League glory that is denied him.

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