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Paris Saint-Germain trembled, Paris Saint-Germain has vacillated but Paris Saint-Germain qualified. A week after their convincing success at the Parc des Princes (3-1), Luis Enrique's men have, in fact, ensured the essentials across the Channel. Defeat (2-3) by Aston Villa, the Red and Blue have definitively secured a place in the last square of the Champions League, where they will find the winner of the Arsenal-Real Madrid shock. But that it was laborious … jostled throughout the game by vatted villans and a flying park villa, the Parisians barely bordered on the correctional.
Aligned in 4-3-3 with the return of Marquinhos, suspended from the first leg, at the heart of the defense and the presence of Bradley Barcola, preferred to Désiré Doué to accompany Ousmane Dembélé and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the champions of France had however quickly shown an icing realism. First on a flash counter where Achraf Hakimi took advantage of a Barcola center, pushed by Dibu Martinez, to conclude from a powerful strike of the law (11th) before Nuno Mendes, shifted by Ousmane Dembélé, made the break on a new rapid attack (27th).
Guilty relaxation, sufficiency pointed out
Effective more than brilliant, the capital's club ended up squandering its comfortable advance in the space of a few minutes. Surprised by Youri Tielemans just before the break – which combined with McGinn and Rashford before seeing his rolled up by the right deflected by the head of Pacho in the Parisian cages (34th) – The Parisian ship was definitively tangled on the return from the locker room on two new achievements signed John Mcginn and Ezri Konsa. Enough to invigorate the men of Unai Emery and dive the red and blue in a last half-hour irrespirable.
In the midst of a doubt, PSG then found itself at the edge of a catastrophe scenario recalling this evening of March 8, 2017 where FC Barcelona, ​​carried by a Grand Neymar, had written one of the most beautiful pages in the history of the Champions League by terrifying the club of the capital (6-1) despite a heavy defeat in the first leg (0-4). “The match strengthens the idea that you should never calculate. When there were 0-2, the villans were KO but there was a phase of loss of balloons, an excess of confidence prohibited at this level, it gives oxygen to the opponent “rightly regretted Luis enrique at the final whistle.
A fragility symbolized by the individual failures of several Parisian executives. Usually sparkling in the midfield, Vitinha – credited with a 3.5 by the FM writing – this time made itself guilty of an amazing feverishness. Author of numerous ball loss, too little impactful and regularly exceeded in intensity, the Portuguese midfielder has generally missed this return quarter -final. And what about Willian Pacho… rented for his yield in the French capital since his arrival, the 23 -year -old Equatorian failed. Involved on the first two goals of the villans and too lax on the third, the former Frankfurt player will have had the merit of saving his poor performance in the final moments of this shock.
Vitinha off-topic, hard pacho, invisible kvara
Heroic until then, Gianluigi Donnarumma thanked his teammate, author of a miraculous rescue on his line on a last strike from Ian Maathsen after additional time. However, and like a defense far too brittle (Marquinhos in the second half, Nuno Mendes scorer but very disappointing on the whole), Pacho also illustrated the lack of serenity of the Champions of France. What to exasperate Luis Enrique. “The end of the first period did not please me, we were not at the level of the requirements of the Champions League, we conceded animal goals, Aston Villa returned, in two minutes and then began the difficulties, the moments of suffering, Aston Villa almost managed to return”railed the former coach of La Roja.
So was this PSG too confident? Taken by the stake? “It's hard to explain now we have to see the match again and analyze”preferred to delay KVaratskhelia, also very disappointing on the front of the attack. Annoyed with the final whistle, Ousmane Dembélé seemed much more advanced in the analysis of this disappointment without consequences: “You have to be demanding in these matches, we made the task very difficult in the 2nd period when we relaxed. We thought we qualified, we thought we were too beautiful. At 2-1, we thought it was over, but the Champions League is like that. You have to be more vigilant», Taken up the number 10 Parisien.
Strong words validated by Achraf Hakimi, passing through in the mixed zone and frustrated by the lack of mastery of his team. “”I agree with Ousmane. It is not possible to start the second half with two goals like that, a team that wants to win the Champions League cannot do that. We must take our responsibilities. We have to improve that, we're going to talk about it afterwards. We came with the intention of qualifying and we did but we have to improve certain things and give continuity to what we do goodAlerted the 26 -year -old Moroccan. After this big fright, PSG will now be able to blow and wait for its future opponent: Arsenal or Real Madrid. Two cadors where the slightest relaxation could this time end the European dream of Parisians …
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