Too serene, too determined, too strong, too much everything. On a mission at Estadio da Luz, Paris Saint-Germain outclassed a team from RB Leipzig (3-0) victim of its youth to afford the first qualification in the Champions League final in its history. Serious from the start of the match, Thomas Tuchel's men were never endangered and quickly folded the match thanks to Marquinhos and Di Maria. Bernat folded the case in the second half. The Parisians are now waiting for their final boss: Bayern or OL.
IT'S DONE GENTLEMEN 🤩
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WE ARE AT THE FINAL!
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Di Maria, winning return
Match on neutral ground, they said. For everyone, but not for the Argentine. El Fideo was playing on the lawn of his first European club on Tuesday and he obviously felt very comfortable there. A love of kicking for the head of Marqui on a free kick (13th) and a calm Olympian to drive the point home just before the break, then another pass for Bernat in the 56th: by the diversity of his palette, Di Maria showed why he missed so much against Atalanta Bergamo. With Neymar and Mbappé, he largely contributed to overwhelming the German defense, completely panicked every time one of these three touched the ball.
Angel Di Maria is underrated.
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Neymar, when it doesn't want to ...
Small preamble as usual: the Brazilian still had a good match. RB Leipzig defenders were admittedly tougher and offered him less space, but he made some differences, created lags and managed to turn around in situations that would have made any other player desperate. BUT IT DOESN'T WANT TO RETURN. So yes, on the first attempt at the end of the race with his outside foot on the post, he couldn't do much better. And he came close to the stroke of genius with a free kick in perpetuity, Fabio Aurélio way. But at the end of the first period, his shot off target after a perfect service from Mbappé exudes a lack of confidence in the face of goal. We must rectify that, Mr. Ney, and quickly!
Tuchel defeats Nagelsmann
A micro dangerous situation here, an opportunity there, but nothing more. The German team has never been in a position to permanently threaten the goal of Sergio Rico, overall very quiet in the woods. Their only highlight at the start of the second half was cooled by Bernat's goal. For the rest, Tuchel defeated Nagelsmann with a midfielder Paredes, Marquinhos and Herrera, with a special mention for the Basque, who, after missing out on his quarter-final, was particularly effective in recovery. Unable to find the right balance between playing low enough to prevent Mbappé from going deep but not too much to be cornered in his camp, Leipzig got it all wrong from start to finish.
Verratti back, waiting for Keylor Navas?
The quiet scenario of the meeting allowed Thomas Tuchel to turn his workforce in the last quarter of an hour, with a surprise in hand: Marco Verratti made his return to the lawn, he who was initially thought not to be not see Final 8 then, last I heard, not before the final. The Italian is therefore ready for the last PSG match in Lisbon. Can the same be said of Keylor Navas? A return to the field is envisaged Thursday for the Parisian goalkeeper. The rest is history. And to the same staff who put Mbappé and Verratti on their feet in a flash.
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