In another stunning display of football in the Champions League quarter-finals, formidable Barcelona upset Paris Saint-Germain 3-2 in Paris and look favorites to progress to the semi-finals. In Spain, Atletico Madrid took a huge advantage ahead of their 2-0 comeback win over Dortmund.
In Paris, Paris had the upper hand and threatened, but in the 20th minute, Barcelona missed a very big chance with Lewandowski’s header, which Mendes pushed over the line, while three minutes after Rafinha’s fireball, Donnarumma impressively saved. The Catalans took control of the match and found a goal in the 37th minute. From an excellent cross by Yamal, Donnarumma caught Lewandowski, the ball reached Rafinha and he made no mistake for 0-1.
But with the start of the second half, Paris came out furious in the match and managed to turn the situation around by the 50th minute! Initially, in the 48th minute, the former ace of “Barca” Dembele equalized the score with an excellent effort and shot, and three minutes later, Vitinia from Ruith’s pass hit the spot and made it 2-1 for the Parisians who had a chance to 3-1 in the 55th minute but Barcola’s volley was stopped on the crossbar. And while it seemed that Paris would score another goal, Barcelona in their first attack in the 2nd half found the equalizer. From a wonderful pass by Pedri to Rafinha, the Brazilian shot on the move and made it 2-2 in the 62nd minute.
With Mbappe out of the match, Paris threatened again with Dembele, who hit the crossbar with a fine spot in the 75th minute. And instead of 3-2, in 77′ it became 2-3! Guintogan’s corner, Christensen’s header and goal for the turnaround in the turnaround at the Parc des Princes…
In Madrid, Atletico surprised Dortmund in just the 4th minute with a goal from De Paul, who capitalized on a serious mistake by Westphalia’s Swiss goalkeeper Kobel to open the scoring. The Germans then equalized, but the defensive mistakes were many and big, something that Atlético punished in the 32nd minute for the second time. Morata stole, Griezmann passed to Lino and he made it 2-0 with a cool spot setting “fire” in “Metropolitano”. In the 2nd half, Atlético managed the 2-0 against Borussia, who came out ahead in order to reduce the score and succeeded in the 81st minute with a return shot by Ale (2-1). In fact, in the 86th minute, the visitors almost equalized, but Gittens’ thunderbolt found the crossbar, while in stoppage time, the Germans also had a second goal from Brad’s shot…
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