Faced with a playful but sometimes muddled arsenal team, Paris Saint-Germain won the last ticket for the Champions League final, still winning the Gunners (2-1, cumulative score 3-1), Wednesday May 7 at the Parc des Princes. Well launched after their short but crucial victory obtained in London during the first leg (0-1), the Parisians delivered an applied performance, like their second part of the season.
With a clear shot, the Spanish middle Fabian Ruiz has doubled the advantage for PSG (27e), even though the course of the game seemed to bend in favor of Arsenal, particularly offensive in the first period. Before this goal, the Parisians had found the post, through Kvaratskhelia (17e), an action that sounded the PSG revolt.
If Vitinha then stumbled against David Raya (69e), on a penalty obtained through Achraf Hakimi, in the process, the Moroccan side has sunk the nail to the best of moments (72e), sealing already qualification. Willian Pacho’s missed diversion, followed by Bukayo Saka’s goal (76e) Has changed anything, the Parisians now gap to the end, well helped by a park of incandescent princes.
For their second Champions League final (after that lost in 2020 against Bayern Munich), the Red and Blue will find Inter Milan on May 31 in Munich, executioner of FC Barcelona in the other part of the painting, after a spectacular duel.
What to remember
The slender Spanish environment is rarely the most scintillating, or the most appreciated of this dense midfield on PSG. He is however a real metronome and the symbol of Parisian success. Its raging strike to open the brand is an essential room for the success of the capital’s club. The rest of his performance is in his image: in the shadows, but terribly effective.
1-0, 27e : Following a free kick pulled by Vitinha, Thomas Parte pushes as he can on Fabian Ruiz, who controls at the entrance to the surface. The Spanish environment shifts, and continues with a volley of the left foot in the axis, deflected by William Saliba in the nets of David Raya.
2-0, 72e : Just entered into play, Ousmane Dembélé inherits the ball in the penalty area and slips a millimeter pass for Hakimi, to the penalty spot. The Moroccan side has only to shoot by opening his right foot.
2-1, 76e : Marquinhos is moved to the duel against Leandro Trossard, who manages to serve Bukayo Saka, well helped by the deviation in the axis of Willian Pacho. The English winger then concluded before the Parisian cage.
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With the trophy of man of the match, awarded by UEFA at the end of the meeting, Achraf Hakimi warmly complimented his trainer at the microphone of Canal+not dripping praise for the Spaniard, arrived at the head of PSG in 2023.
Fireworks, a place in the final, a hint of suspense and some frights: PSG and Arsenal have fought a new European battle, which receives the note “B” on our scale of sports rating from “A” to “e”.
