Historic evening for Paris Saint-Germain: by dominating their semi-final against Leipzig on Tuesday night, the Parisians qualified for the first Champions League final in 50 years of history. A large success that has nothing to do with the epic quarter-final against Atalanta Bergamo, since Thomas Tuchel's men already had two goals ahead at half-time. They will know their opponent on Wednesday night, after the other semi-final between Lyon and Bayern Munich.
Sparkling Di Maria
The appearance of this unprecedented meeting was therefore very different from the quarter-final. Very quickly, the Parisians stormed the cage of Péter Gulasci. On a free kick obtained and shot by Neymar, omnipresent Tuesday night, Marquinhos placed an unstoppable header for the German goalkeeper (1-0, 13th). Rather offensive and physical, Julian Nagelsmann's men tried to react, but Angel Di Maria's teammates, sparkling, did not really doubt. Shortly before half-time, the Parisian block even forced the German goalkeeper to a bad recovery, transformed by the center Paredes and the heel Neymar into an offering for Di Maria (2-0, 42nd).
This final, long awaited by a Paris Saint-Germain "stuck" in the eighth or quarter-finals since the beginning of the Qatari era (2011), could it have changed? For a few minutes at the start of the second half, Leipzig seemed re-motivated and reinvigorated by the double entry from Emil Forsberg and Patrick Schick. But Paris took advantage of a slip by Nordi Mukiele to allow Juan Bernat to deceive Péter Gulasci, beaten for the third time of the evening (3-0, 55th).
Serene
The last half hour confirmed an impression: applied in defense, working against, the Parisians have never seemed so serene in this final table as on Tuesday evening, opposed to a team from Leipzig which was ultimately a little disappointing. So much the better for Paris, qualified for the final.