He did half the job in London, he wants to end it in Paris! With Dembele scoring yet another goal in the season and Donaruma making a great appearance, Paris passed through ‘Emirates’ by dominating her 1-0 Arsenal and took the lead in the Champions League final.
Luis Enrique’s more classic opportunities to find a second goal, while Arta’s team had temporarily tied but Merino’s goal was canceled offside.
The next Wednesday the rematch at the “Parc des Prences” between the two teams.
The match
An explosive start for Paris, who found the lead in the 4th minute with Kvaratselia breaking and Dembele performing 1-0 perfectly. The Parisians had surprised the Londoners and continued to threaten. In the 14th, Marcinios’ head ended up in Raya’s lap, and two minutes later the visitors shouted a penalty shootout after a Tiber pull, but Vincic showed the match to continue.
Kvaratsellia in the 26th threatened with Raya blocking, while the Spaniard had an unlikely intervention in the duo shoot through the area (31 ‘). The hosts began to take action on the pitch and had a strong finale in the last quarter, approaching the equalizer. Initially, in the 37th they shouted a penalty shootout by Merino, but Vincic showed again “playing”. In the 40 ‘Martinelli was unable to score closely, but he was exposed, while Trosar a minute later attempted to score with a heel. In the halftime finale, Arsenal reached 1-1 but Donaruma took Martineli’s tet-a-tete.
Arsenal entered the second half, found the equilibrium with Merino’s terrible cabin and header but in the end the scorer was exposed, with 1-0 in the Parisians remaining. In the 56th, Donaruma made it difficult to finish the Trosar, with Paris after an hour to raise its lines on the pitch and lowering the tempo.
As time went on, Luis Enrique’s team was increasingly dangerous in the counter, reaching twice close to 2-0. Neves and Kvaratselia warned with a shot outside the area that did not find a target, with Barolas in the 84 ‘not perfectly ending the side-by-a-tete presented to him. A minute later, Ramos went … loose in the phase and the finish with abroad he attempted stopped at the horizontal beam! The minutes were passing, Arsenal wanted but could not, with the Parisians taking the first step to return to the final of the event after 5 years.
Arsenal (Michael Arteta): Raya – Tiber (83 ‘White), Saliba, Kivior, Lewis Leave – Odegaard (90’+1 ‘Naouineer), Rice, Merino – Saka, Trosar, Martinelli.
Paris Saint -Germain (Luis Enrique): Donaruma – Hakimi, Marcinios, Patso, Nuno Mentes – Joao Neves (89 ‘Zaire – Emery), Vittinia, Fabian Ruth – Due (76’ Gonzalo Ramos), Dembele (70 ‘L. Barolas), Kara.
Source: Sport Fm
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