After nearly 5 years of heavy loss against Barcelona and receiving 6 goals, Paris Saint-Germain suffered another painful situation in Spain, losing against Real Madrid in the Champions League.
After an hour of playing, the Parisian team seemed to be on its way to the quarter-finals, as it advanced with a clean goal at the "Santiago Bernabeu" and 2-0 in the total score.
But the French team collapsed normally, and lost 3-1 in the second leg to bid farewell to the tournament against "Royal".
"We made several mistakes and we can't say we didn't. The worst thing is that we were the better party. The coming weeks will not be easy," coach Mauricio Pochettino told Canal+ television.
Saint-Germain was eliminated in the Champions League knockout stages 4 out of 9 times after winning the first leg, including 3 times in the last 6 seasons.
The 6-1 defeat against Barcelona at the Camp Nou on March 8, 2017, was his worst.
The French team won four clean firsts, and became the most prominent candidate to win the title in the 2016-2017 season, but Sergi Roberto completed one of the most prominent uprisings in the history of football in the fifth minute of stoppage time to qualify Barcelona.
Two years later, Marcus Rashford scored the winning goal in bringing back painful memories, and Paris Saint-Germain bid farewell to the championship from the final price, despite its victory over Manchester United in the first leg.
Three weeks ago, Kylian Mbappe scored the winning goal against Real Madrid, and the fans of the French team seemed to believe in the possibility of finally achieving the title.
Mbappe posed a greater danger in the second leg, and scored a wonderful goal, which was canceled by the video referee for offside, before giving his team the lead and approaching the quarter-finals.
But the team made naive mistakes, so Real Madrid tied 2-2 on the aggregate score.
Less than two minutes later, the Paris Saint-Germain defenders made a disastrous mistake, immediately after resuming play, and Marquinhos passed the ball to Benzema, who completed his hat-trick.
Benzema became the oldest player to score a hat-trick in the Champions League, but it is a night that will be remembered for what PSG did on their own.