Paris Saint-Germain pressed a total of a total of a total of a total of the Champions League semi-final, although on Tuesday they fell on a 3-2 defeat against Aston Villa.
Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes had two goals for the half-hour brand PSG and with a 5-1 lead overall, it seemed certain that the French team would be open. Youri Tielemans, John McGinn and Ezri Konsa soon had the villa ahead of them at night.
The villa had more than enough chances of winning the tie just to find Gianluigi Donnarumma in a wonderful form to enforce PSG into the final four.
How the game unfolds
A nightmare start for villa she saw after only 11 minutes. Marcus Rashford granted the possession and a lightning -fast switch culminated in a low cross between Bradley Barcola, with which Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez had not to do. The Argentinian put the ball in the way of the Usurking Hakimi, who did not need to be invited to thunder the ball into the back of the network.
Pau Torres stumbled the gloves from Gianluigi Donnarumma in search of a quick reaction before Morgan Rogers leaned far after a nice piece of individual games, but PSG seemed to have ended all hopes for a comeback if another full-back, Mendes, this time a brilliant effort of the interior and 28 minutes, in the 28-minute.
The first half did not end at a high for the villa when Tieleman’s efforts spend a bad distraction in front of Willian Pacho on the way to Donnarumma to give the hosts a fight during the break.
Ousmane Dembele had the ball at the beginning of the second half in the back of the network, but finally saw his celebrations from one of the unnecessarily delayed offside flags that they will ever see, and the PSG frustrations only grew when McGinn made a wonderful effort from outside the box in the evening.
The villa could easily have taken over seconds later when Marcus Rashford’s thundering strike pulled a glorious rescue from Donnarumma, but a sensational run from the Lgebil of the Manchester United set Ezri Konsa to bring a third crash shortly before the hour.
The Italian stopper was then needed to save another executor to stop a Tielemans header, but he would probably not have been able to add his second goal of the night if the central defender had managed to contact a free header in a six-yard box.
PSG weathered the storm, but could only turn the game into an end-to-end matter, so that those in Villa Park were not sure which would see the next goal of the game. Martinez made a handful of intelligent parades to refuse PSG at the counter when the villa no longer had time to find the goal that is necessary to bind things as a whole.
With the last act of the game, Ian Maatsen believed that he had caught the balance with a violent volley, but Willian Pacho blocked his strike on the line to send PSG to her third semi -finals in five years.
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This competition opened the eyes of the global audience to the size of PSG and joined the game. There were many who were sure that they looked at the next European champions. This remains a pronounced option, but these voices are clearer after this performance.
The first half was full of PSG. They defended early and attacked with a ruthlessness that they would expect from such difficult favorites to win this draw, but the second half was rare evidence that the team of Luis Enrique could be beaten.
The second goal seemed to rock the Ligue -1 winner, who have long been accused of having no experience in dealing with real adversity. Perhaps Villa has offered a recipe for how to beat PSG for those who remain in this competition.
Only a few goalkeepers in world football attract the same criticism as Donnarumma. The Italian as one of the best in the world for eternity that feels like an eternity and is somehow 26 years old, and is regularly attacked by criticism when he makes a mistake that is admittedly far more common than it should be.
He may have given three here, but PSG could easily have sent six or seven without any problems if it hadn’t been for their goalkeeper. Donnarumma pulled completely sensational parades in the second half to refuse Rashford, Tielemans and PSG loan Marco Asensio when this tie threatened to run away from the parisers.
Donnarumma ended the game with five parades, most of which were really decisive. Do not make a mistake that PSG would have been removed here if it hadn’t been for him.
There were more than a few eyebrows when Villa’s team leaf unveiled that Rashford would start as a central striker instead of the increasingly frustrated Ollie Watkins.
It seemed certain that Unai Emery would be a decision that Rashford fought in the first half and even gave away the ball for PSG’s start. Since the French team in the back looked pleasant, many fans cried to Watkins’ hold-up game to change the game.
Instead of optimizing his staff during the break, Emery Rashford remained loyal and soon received his reward. Manchester United’s borrower would have met himself if it hadn’t been for an excellent Donnarumma rescue, but his support for Konsa was even easier for the eye.
The ability has never been questioned at Rashford. It’s about finding the right way to use it. This is still clearly a work in working with Emery, but the Villa boss hit gold in this second half.