Miraculous goal from Khvicha kvaratskhelia has been upside down a brilliant curling shot from a teammate Desired as Paris Saint-Germain defeat Aston Villa 3-1 In the first stage of the Champions League quarterfinals on Wednesday.
A pair of luxury strokes left PSG coach Luis Enrique about both players after the game, in which his team took the main step towards the semifinals.
But there was no doubt between Doue’s goal and his teammates that Quaratskhelia was the best of the night.
“For a coach like me, it’s so great to have players as (Quaratskhelia), with his mentality. He scored a great goal,” Luis Enrique said about Quaratskhelia. “We tried to sign it last summer and it didn’t work.
“We signed it (in January) when we really did not expect. He has everything that will be part of our project.”
Quaratskhelia jumped left from just over half of the line and then fascinated the defense of Villa in the blizzard of fast legs and excellent balance.
Proceeds at a pace with a ball that appears to stick to the right leg, then with an incorrect defender Axel is sung With a sudden change of direction before the ball flips to the left leg in one smooth movement and blasting of an unstoppable shot over the head of the goalkeeper Villa Emiliano Martínez.
After Morgan Rogers Villa gave a lead in the 35th minute, 19 -year -old Doué drew the PSG four minutes later with the 12th goal of his breakthrough season.
Quaratskhelia laid PSG four minutes after the break and left back Nuno Mendes He added a third goal at the time of stopping with his own goal.
“I think the result reflects the difference between us and them,” said PSG coach Luis Enrique, whose party has more firepower and showed another threat. “Our goal is to keep the ball and be aggressive in attack.”
The back leg is the next Tuesday in Villa Park.
The goal of Quaratskhelia was exactly the kind of effort that earned flying Georgia the wing nickname the “quarrad” when he played NapoliReferring to football, Maestro Diego Maradona – the biggest player of the Italian club – and prompted PSG coach Luis Enrique to spend 70 million euros (then $ 72 million) in the winter transfer window.
Shortly after the goal of Quaratskhelia Martínez, he made a great savings on his right against the powerful shot of Achraf Hakimi when PSG scored forward and sought the third goal.
Villa was at this stage of the competition for the first time since 1983 and was well dealt with in time before the leadership with a well -elaborated goal took.
Bustling captain John McGinn won the ball in the middle of the field and proceeded before picking Marcus Rashfordan attacker who recorded the winner of the stop Manchester United Six years ago. Rashford Fed Youi tiemans Overlapping left and he pinged the cross to the rear column, where the Rogers were left unmarked to tap.
The lead was short when Doué lifted the ball to the left of the criminal space, jumped around two players and turned the ball into the upper right corner.
“He has everything he needs to become a great player,” Luis Enrique said about Doué. “He really doesn’t need much space to dribling.”
Martínez played long balls early to test the defense of PSG but soon called into action with flying step Ousma dembéléIn the eighth minute it is oblique.
But he couldn’t do too much about the goals that defeated him when Nuno Mendes showed a touch forward when he fell into the Dembelé’s Pass, cut inside the defender and skillfully led the ball in.
“We watched their last few games and knew how deadly and sharp they were,” Rogers said. “Now to the world.”
But coach Villa Unai Emery believes that he can still eliminate the club he trained in 2016–18.
“I believe we will win next week,” Emery said. “Villa Park is our home.”
