Keylor Navas stops Messi on penalties and leads PSG to Quarterfinals in the Champions League

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The Champions League is the tournament of Keylor Navas. If anyone had any doubts this was already clear with the penalty that stopped him at Lionel Messi in a momentous moment of this Wednesday’s match between PSG i Barcelona which served to guide the French team to the quarterfinals.

Keylor Navas had a fantastic opportunity to put Ousmane Dembele up another goal 10 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar.

Although the shot was simple and easily controlled by Keylor Navas he already saw a goalkeeper 100% focused on looking to be a guarantee for his teammates.

The next stop was about 17 minutes when Dembele pulled a left-footed cross shot and Keylor Navas was here with his magic hand to deflect in what looked like a sung goal, then Serginho Dest was very close with an overflow he made on the right, took a shot that the Costa Rican put his hand and the ball crashed horizontally.

the Barcelona he was having his best minutes on the court, they were still in siege he had working 100% on the Paris defense to avoid being injured.

However, in the few attacks he had the PSG The first goal of the match came when Clement Lenglet stepped on Mauro Icardi’s leg in a cross that the player could not reach and fell down in the small area. The play was reviewed in the VAR and it was determined that it was a penalty and the person in charge of turning it into a goal was Kylian Mbappé in the 30th minute.

It looked like night was coming for him Barcelona But Lionel Messi he was not ready to leave without a fight and that is why just seven minutes later he took a ball out of the area and threw a pipe that went straight into the net, in front of a Keylor Navas that although he stretched he did not walk even close to stopping her.

the Boat he became ambitious and had sought the goal of the lead as he needed to score three more goals to take the game to extra time.

Until a turning point in the match, Layvin Kurzawa fouled Antoine Griezmann and Lionel Messi he was ready to replace him with Barça’s second goal. However, the shot on the left side was guessed by Keylor, who put a leg to the ball and the ball crashed into the post and left.

Sublime moment lived Keylor Navas, Who at other times had faced the Argentine star from eleven steps but until this Wednesday managed to tell him no and thus lengthens his legend as a goalkeeper in world football.

Had he scored this goal, the history of this series could have been different, as he had 45 minutes left in the game and the Catalans would have only needed two goals to equalize the balance, however, the tic once again proved that it is a footballer of the highest level.

In the complement, the Boat He kept trying to force his way through on the right side and Mauricio Pochettino got his chance after 80 minutes, but the home side’s defense held their position and stopped the attack.

Lionel Messi remain restless but did not find the space to cause danger. To the one closest to him, Marquinhos and the whole Parisian saga appeared to deny him the shot.

The visitors’ other clear chance to score after 68 minutes had elapsed when a corner kick was awarded by Lenglet. Keylor Navas he reacted again with a blow with the savior’s hand.

With this result, the series ends with an overall score of 5-2 in favor of the PSG advancing to the quarterfinals of the Champions League in what for many would be the last game of Lionel Messi in this competition wearing the shirt of the Barcelona, As he ends his contract next May and could change teams.

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