Rebecca Henriquez
@RebeHenriquez
Barcelona dreamed again and excited its fans after returning to the quarterfinals of the Champions League with victory, after 4 years. Xavi Hernández’s team beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-3 at the Parisians’ home with a double from Raphina and a goal from Christensen.
In the first 20 minutes, the French team looked for the advantage with Mbappé, star of Luis Enrique’s team who was guarded by Ronald Araujo and Koundé, to leave no space and keep the score 0 to 0.
The first dangerous approach that Xavi’s team had was after a corner from Gundogan, this was finished off by Lewandowski with a header and without the goalkeeper in the goal, the local team managed to clear the ball to avoid the first of the visitors.
At 22′, Raphina sent a shot from the front that could have been the first for Barcelona, but Donnarumma cleared the ball.
At around half an hour, Lee Kang-in found the perfect ball on the left side and with a volley he sent the ball straight into the hands of the Blaugrana goalkeeper.
The insistence of Barcelona and the spaces left free by PSG, after 37 minutes, set the tone for the first of Xavi’s team that came from Raphina.
Lewandowski drove along the front and was accompanied by Lamin Yamal on the left sector of Donnarumma, the latter returned to the Pole and the former Bundesliga star shot at the goal but the ball was loose in the area after the Italian goalkeeper’s clearance ; Raphina appeared on the right side to send the shot directly into the Parisians’ net.
Upon returning from halftime, PSG equalized the action and made effective the inexorable ‘law of the ex’, with Dembélé’s goal at 48′, an action that in the 50th’, Vitinha equalized for the French club and left Barcelona 2-1 until 62′, with the appearance again of Raphina, who started the comeback and scored a double for the Spanish.
It was Christensen, at 77′, who, after the corner, headed the ball and it ended up inside the net and made all the Blaugrana fans scream at the Parc des Princes, in France, where the team finished with the hope of the grand final of the Champions League, but first, they will have to face the second leg.
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