They did it. Beaten in the round of 16 go by Liverpool (0-1), the Paris Saint-Germain players managed to overthrow the situation on Tuesday, March 11, during the return match, on the lawn of the Reds. In the boiling atmosphere of Anfield, Luis Enrique’s men managed to tear their qualification for the quarter-finals of the Champions League at the end of the penalty shootout (4-1).
Previously, their striker Ousmane Dembélé had scored the only goal of the meeting in regulation time (12e), thus equalizing on all of the two meetings (1-1 in the cumulation). After an extension that did not decide the two teams, the Parisian desired Doué scored the decisive shot, after a flawlessness of his teammates. An exceptional performance, which can be described as a feat, so much it seemed complicated to impose itself in the legendary stage of the leader of the Premier League, carried by its audience.
After being dominated during the first round at the Parc des Princes, the English hoped that the second act would be different. This was the case but not with the script on which they were betting. This time, the two teams each created opportunities but success has changed camps with facts of play in favor of Parisians, especially outgoing posts, and a bit of luck, until the draw for the penalty shootout, offering them to strike in front of their 3,000 supporters and not before the “Kop”, the tribune of the most fervent fans of the Reds.
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