Birmingham, England – Paris Saint-Germain After they secure a place in the Champions League semifinals Aston VillaOn Tuesday, the dramatic match of the second half almost took this epic quarterfinals to more time.
PSG, leading 3-1 from the first leg, shifted 5-1 forward aggregate with targets z Acharaph Hakimi and Nuno Mendes Before a half -hour mark of this second stage in Villa Park. But and Youi tiemans Strike shortly before the half-lives gave Villa hope, and they stun PSG by getting 3-2 leaders at night with targets from targets from John McGinn and Ezri Consa the beginning of the second half.
Villa then missed a number of chances to equalize the tie as Parisians held on, but the French champions did enough to seal the semi -final clash against the winners of the second stage between Real Madrid and Arsenal in Spain. – Mark Ogden
Villa give PSG to scare but leave it too late
Aston Villa certainly went in this quarterfinals of the Champions League, but the European Champions from 1982 showed the fight too late to save themselves against the PSG quality team.
Once Mendes laid PSG on 2-0 at night in the 27th minute, LIGUE 1 The champions stretched their aggregated lead to 5-1 and the tie looked everything until it appeared. But when Tiemans pulled one back for Villa late in the first half, it gave home hope-when it was weak.
Yet Villa found something extra in the second half and gave the PSG an almighty frightened by turning the tie on his head with the targets of McGinn and Konsa a hour before. Marcus RashfordSo Marco Asensio approached to equalize the tie and then Ian Maatsen She almost sent the game to time with a shot that was blocked deep until the time of stopping.
Villa really had a chance to save the tie and seal an incredible comeback, but they just couldn’t get a key goal. PSG kept on, but the weaknesses that showed in the second half will be a problem before the semifinal against Arsenal or Real Madrid. – Ogden
Young Party PSG learns a valuable lesson
Young and exciting but apparently still unfinished work – what lessons for PSG.
For most of this tie, the second highest team in the competition (behind Barcelona) Play Aston Villa. However, their defeat 3-2 on Tuesday in the second leg showed again how much space for improvement remains.
From the cruise position after 30 minutes and a 5-1 aggregated advantage, they left their opponents back to play-PSG became sloppy when they took off their eyes from the ball and took the rest of the game too easily. Almost if the game was too early and began to reduce their intensity and make mistakes by often taking too many risks.
Divorcing PSG was not so much a feeling of panic, but rather a feeling of ease in what they do. Instead of controlling the game and its pace, they left Villa back.
PSG would pay for the better team. On Tuesday they learned a very valuable lesson. – Julien Laurens
Rashford proves that he can still be a big player
Marcus Rashford had two halves in Villa Park. Aston Villa forward was poor in the first half that she was not replaced in the middle of the time but the decision from coach Villa Unai Emery Manchester United The star in the second half paid off cleverly.
Rashford looked in the first half of self -confidence and faith, but after a break exploded into life and almost scored with a stunning shot that was well saved Gianluigi Donnarumma. A moment later, Rashford created an opening for a consequence to give Villa ahead with a murderous pass and his free kick delivery almost led to the second goal for the defender of the villa who missed the header.
Rashford was full of pace and strength when Villa was chasing the goal of balancing the tie and seeing his fate would see him a score. But after ran into the ground, Rashford was replaced by Emerem – but only after showing how good it could be. – Ogden
Donnarumma wins the Battle of goalkeeper vs. Martinez
Aston Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez created subtitles in front of the first foot of mocking French fans with Argentina CAP on his way to Paris – but when there was a crisis, the goalkeeper of the villa was overshadowed by PSG No. Gianluigi Donnarumma in the battle of the goalkeeper.
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Donarmma, it’s essential ItalyThe Euro 2020 triumph, created three key savings in the second half when PSG swinged and was looking for a danger of throwing this tie. His finger, to save from the powerful shot of Marcus Rashford, was the best of the land and the former AC Milan The guard showed his world -class status just at a time when PSG mattered.
As far as Martinez is concerned, Villa maintained alive in the second half with great savings from Ousma dembélé and Desired. But his inability to hold Bradley BarcolaIt goes 11. A minute Cross gave the target for Hakimi and it set PSG to their journey to the aggregated victory. Both breeders made great savings, but Donnarumma was the one who won the tie for his team. – Ogden
Luis Enrique gets again the PSG game plan
PSG manager Luis Enrique was again on the spot in his game. It is obviously not his fault if his young team made it difficult for himself, but Luis Enrique again lost Emery in their tactical battle.
By deciding to start Barcola in front of Super in the form of Doue on the left wing, Luis Enrique bet on the pace of the former Lyon The player, and it paid off after only 11 minutes when Barcola raised the first goal.
In the first stage of last week, PSG fullbacks were one of the keys to move forward and inwards and Luis Enrique repeated the same tactics. He asked Mendes and Hakimi to join offensive transitions to the defense of Villa and the goal of every plan was working. – Laurens
PSG has the best pairing in the world
You can look at Inter Milan Federico Dimarco and Denzel dumfriesBarcelona Jules Koundé and Alejandro Balde or arsenal Jurry and Myles Lewis-Sklly. But right now, PSG Fullback is the best in the world.
The pace, energy, maturity in their games aged 22 and 26 years old, goals that score, chances that create-this duo is a cut higher.
They also improved very much this season, best illustrated by outstanding performances Mendes against Muhammad is wrong and Liverpool In the Champions League 16. With the ball, they are one of the main threats of PSG, as we saw in Villa Park, where their two goals, each, each, sent Paris to the semifinals. – Laurens
