Paris Saint-Germain is a fixed favorite that after the quarter-finals of Wednesday evening has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League at the expense of Aston Villa.
PSG had to come from behind the night after Morgan Rogers Aston Villa handed over a surprise advantage. But three goals from Desire Doue, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Nuno Mendes without an answer means that the side of Luis Enrique has a comfortable 3-1 lead.
The pages will be restored in Birmingham for the second leg next Tuesday.
How the game unfolds
In the first quarter -finals of the European Cup since the loss as the owner of Juventus in 1983, Villa was put under pressure from the opening start.
Waves of early attacks, which were led by the determined determination of the Bornousmane dembele, with the Frenchman, who was ready to shoot on sight and shoot the palms of Emiliano Martinez for seven minutes.
In the middle of the first half, Vitinha soon rolled an effort, which shortly from Villa’s first attempt to play-a game outside of John McGinn’s target from the target.
And yet it was Villa who, as Rogers, who played in the EFL championship a little more than a year ago, prompted the near sticks in the EFL championship. McGinn relaxed Mendes in midfield, and from there it was a quick step in which Marcus Rashford played skillfully in Youri Tielemans on the left, with the low cross-tentimeter of the Belgian for the not marked Rogers on the other side.
However, it led to an immediate reaction of PSG and equalized four minutes later through Doue. There was nothing to be done for the teen winger when he took the ball on the left flank to avoid a crowded box by cutting it in and led a shot into the upper corner.
In the second half it didn’t take long for PSG to progress for the first time. Kvaratskhelia had not returned in the first 45 and the right -back of the villa on a yellow card after the pitch after the interval. However, the replacement -axel -Disasi did not cut off better and turned the Georgian winger inwards before letting the ball up into the net on the nearby post.
Although disposable traffic continued, Villa managed to contain the flow of opportunities until the ball was on the net with almost 20 minutes. But an offside flag against Hakimi excluded it.
A convenient rescue from Gianluigi Donnarumma After the refusal to decide, was a gentle memory of the fact that the villa had only a single goal before PSG took up control and Kvaratskhelia had a shot, and then a punishment that fell on deaf ears.
The performance of the French Giants earned more than one tore aggregate to bring the second leg to England, and they finally opened a more comfortable buffer in injury time. Mendes, partly guilty for Villa’s Opener, received Assist Credit for Doues Equalizer and ended a roller coaster night with a composed finish, dummying Martinez, from Dembeles Pass.
Take a look at the PSG player reviews against Aston Villa here.
PSG may have to struggle in the league and qualified for the KO phase 15 of 24, but it now feels as if it would take a terrible amount to prevent it from lifting it.
Liverpool has been quite common in the past 16 years – somehow the first leg against the course of the game won, which is the only defeat of PSG in their last 30 games. And a Breakaway Villa goal out of the blue was also far superior to Luis Enrique’s team.
The fact that an extremely inconsistent arsenal will still expect key injuries in the semi -finals and not in Real Madrid, PSG will only give more confidence in ultimately going all the way if you see them successfully.
Since PSG three living legends – Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe – has not worked in the same attacking trident. It is no longer about marrying the largest and most expensive names in the squad, but building a harmonious team that works as hard as talented. There is no persecution or duty, only transplants that enable good stuff.
A transfer window that is usually known for despair and over -inflation in the middle of the season signed Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in January. It is mostly a young squad, with Ousmane Dembele and Achraf Hakimi (27 and 26) among the older statesmen.
The Talismanian captain Marquinhos, somehow still only 30, was not available by suspending.
Aston Villa had won seven games in a row before spreading City, Club Brugge (twice), Brentford, Preston North End, Brighton & Hove Albion and Nottingham Forest by February.
You even beat Bayern Munich this season, but PSG is a level above.
Of course, the tie is not over yet. Morgan Rogers was right after the last pipe in front of TNT Sports’ cameras that the villa has the “quality” to lift the deficit. But next week in Villa Park that requires a win for three goals in Villa Park and it is a very high order.