PSG 1-1 Barcelona (agg: 5-2): Champions League – how it happened | Football

Paris Saint-Germain has reached the last 16. Another come back it never happened, but Barcelona, ​​at least, restored a certain pride, although they will curse its capricious finish. Messi has scored a spectacular goal from distance, but has penalized a penalty, while others, especially Dembele, have shot other times. PSG’s goal was courtesy of an unfortunate penalty decision in their favor and defended well in the second half; its brilliance was demonstrated on the go. Barça have not been eliminated in this phase of the tournament since 2007.

90 min: Mbappe cleverly intercepts the pass. Lenglet takes a swing and hits it … It was close. He’s going to look for the blaster in the top corner … but he’s all wrong, sliding the ball over and over.

87 min: Danilo limits an attack from Barcelona with an expert attack on the edge of his own area and launches a counter. Di Maria has teammates on his left and right, with Barcelona overexposed … but the ball explodes.

85 min: Griezmann kicks the ball over the bar from the edge of the area after a loose move by Barcelona. PSG is almost there …

81 min: PSG finally tries to kill the game on the counterattack. Mbappe slips it down to Icardi, whose 16-yard finish is worse than anything even Demeble has gathered today.

75 min: Alba curls the ball in the face of the goal Diallo does enough to prevent Dembele from including it in the net. The striker could have had a hat-trick today if he was a little cleaner.

74 min: Freekick in Barcelona near the left corner of the PSG box after Florenzi dodges Messi on the pitch. MEssi sinks into the area of ​​the six gardens, where Icardi finishes it off.

72 min: Trincao analyzes Diallo and then throws a high ball in front of the goal. Alba reaches far beyond the far post and sends him back to the danger zone, but PSG make it clear.

70 min: Twenty minutes left and Barcelona need three goals to force extra time. It seems absurd … but how they play, if they manage to get one soon. intuit that anything can happen …

69 min: Defense of the latest generation of Marquinhos and Danilo, sabotages another dangerous attack in Barcelona. From the resulting corner, Navas reacts intelligently to end with a header from Busquets post.

67 min: Messi becomes the first player to beat the impressive Diallo since the arrival of the sub, but his cross passes to the goal.

65 min: Foxy wide Pedri skills left, followed by a clean pass to the field. Barcelona do it to the edge of the area, but then their attacks found a solid defense of PSG.

63 min: PSG enjoys a great possession in the opposite zone. They don’t do much, but they will be happy as long as they keep Barça down.

61 min: Delicious interaction from Barcelona … followed by an all-powerful mess in the box while Barça tries to force the ball over the line. Marquinhos slides to make a magnificent block in a Messi shot from six meters!

59 min: PSG substitution: Danilo on, Gueye off, presumably because he has a yellow card.

59 min: PSG substitution: Di Maria on, Draxler off. The German had little impact on the proceedings.

57 min: Marquinhos comes out of the defense to intercept a pass from Messi.

55 min: At the beginning of this half, PSG suggested that Pochettino had told them to put a lot more pressure and stop withdrawing so deeply. But that didn’t last long, because Barça forced them to go back.

53 min: Dembele makes another smart run and is picked on the box. He manages to stretch the scoreboard and put the ball in front of the goal, but too far in front of any teammate.

50 min: Gueye sees yellow to stamp at the foot of Griezmann in a misjudged attempt to win the ball in midfield. Again, this is symptomatic of PSG’s overall slowness compared to its opponents.

48 min: Diallo’s most solid work, which again limits a promising outburst of Dest. But Barça are still clearer in most other areas of the pitch.

47 min: Diallo goes well in his first involvement, showing composure to get up and strip Dest, thus ending a threatening attack.

46 min: Pochettino made a change during the break, introducing Diallo for Kurzawa on the left side.

BT just showed a repeat of Navas’ penalty, showing that the point should be recovered as the ball was cleared after Verratti, who was inside the D when Messi made the penalty, came out from the bar. The strangest thing is that the VAR checked it at the time, but did not detect it … however, they were sanctioned earlier for an accidental step off the ball.

“Having seen this ridiculous decision, it is very clear that the problem with the VAR is not the system, but the English officials,” David Singleton assaults. “In yesterday’s hectic Juve-Porto match, the VAR barely stood out and tonight the English officials sanctioned ridiculously. The real question is whether Luiz was sent off for accidental contact in the box, which was apparently a penalty against Wolves, why wasn’t it a red card? Shit decisions are one thing, but inconsistencies are surprising. “

What a half that was! It leaves us with many reasons to think that this tie is alive, after all. Barcelona could have already been equalized, but their end has been wrong – except when Messi exploded in the net from miles away -; Dembele has missed several occasions, Dest has pushed a throw to the crossbar and Messi has been penalized a penalty, all after PSG has moved to a seemingly insurmountable advantage thanks to a very lucky penalty. Pochettino has to put his players together in half because he could have bottled up here. Barça have hope …

45 + 2 min: VAR check completed. The game resumes with a corner at Barça, which is attacked by Busquets … and Florenzi leaves the line!

Navas follows the right path and turns Messi’s painful penalty into the bar and out! Amazing! But wait, there is a VAr review underway …

Anthony Taylor points to the spot after Griezmann has been caught in the box by Kurzawa, who was trying to clear a bouncing ball.

43 min: This is impressive for Barça and alarming for PSG, who are on the court, unable to attend in the middle of the field and looking slower on the pitch. Except when they manage to work the ball into Mbappe on a counterattack, obviously.

41 min: Dembele leaves the ball from the sideline to Busquets at the end of the area. The midfielder hits her for the first time, forcing Navas to make an awkward stop with his knees.