Lionel Messi scored a stunning goal, but then the penalty survived as Barcelona failed in their attempt to make a second Champions League comeback for the ages against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, taking the French side 1–1 through the quarter Draw – 5–2 overall at the finals. In the first leg of last month, PSG routed Barsa 4–1 with Kian Mabappe hitting a hat-trick and he took the lead in the last-16 penalty of the first half to become runner-up last season. Forward to night.
But Messi made it 1–1 with a ferocious strike from 30 meters and Argentina had a chance to keep the visitors ahead after being fired into the area by Antoine Griezmann, only to have his spot-kick over the bar for the excellent Keylor Navis To tip.
Barcelona certainly went for it, but there was no repeat of their infamous recovery against the same opponents four years earlier, when they lost 4–0 in the first leg, but won 6–1 in the comeback. Of.
For the first time since the quarter-finals since 2007, they are out for the first time and after the exit of Juventus on Tuesday, neither Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo will compete in the final eight for the first time since 2005.
Barcelona coach Ronald Coman can be encouraged by the way he plays in an empty parc des Princes on a cold, wet and windy night.
“We’re out, and that’s what matters in our game, but we can feel good about it because we had the potential to make life difficult for our opponents,” Koeman told Movestar Plus.
“We were more qualified, and things could have been different had it been 2-1 at half-time.”
Barcelona have been a club in crisis for some time, but they have a new chairman in Joan LaPorta, who will hope to restore calm at the boardroom level, and they are still hoping to end the season with a strong home run Can.
Meanwhile PSG are safe through the quarter-finals as they are better than last season and win the Champions League for the first time.
After three defeats at the hands of Barcelona in knockout ties since the acquisition of Qatar Sports Investment a decade ago, they will feel one more step forward in their quest to become Europe’s dominant force.
– Mabappé’s tie, Navas night –
Neymar won despite missing both legs due to injury, with Mbappé providing enough stardust on his own.
Yet after illuminating the first leg, the French World Cup winner was finding it difficult to return, and coach Mauricio Pochettino would face some questions about his side’s approach.
“We are in the quarter-finals and we are very happy,” he said.
There were staggering chances to dominate Barcelona almost from the first minute, and chance after chance in the opening half-hour.
Osman Dembélé’s poor decision did not help the away, although he saw a ball in the face of goal and only survived Messi’s out leg.
As a deteriorated firecracker display just outside the stadium, Navas then made his first great save midway as he shot Sergino Dest’s shot to the woodwork, and it was against the run of play that PSB went ahead .
Clement Lenglett caught Mauro Icardi’s heel in the area in the 28th minute, a foul that was almost invisible upon first viewing but was confirmed by English referee Anthony Taylor after a VAR review.
Typepe scored from his fourth goal and by chance for his 26th goal of the season.
Barcelona continued to come though, and Messi equalized with a shot, much like a tracer bullet that whistled in the top corner, a goal he often did not.
This was his 25th match this season, and he could score again in stoppage time of the first half as Levine Kurejwa was penalized for catching Griezmann in the box.
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However, Messi was ruled out by Navis as former Madrid’s former goalkeeper, as he continued in the second half as well.
Pochetino said, “Navis had a great game. He’s a world-class goalkeeper and you saw that tonight.”
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