That it seems far this October 1, 2024, when a PSG too tender in the two surfaces bowed to the Emirates in the championship phase (2-0). Today in the semifinals go to the Champions League, the French club returned to the London lawn with a radically different face. Luis Enrique found his formula, Dembélé has become a serial scorer, Kvara arrived, Goué revealed. Paris will certainly not end up the Invainu Ligue 1 season but appeared again in front of the English team sure of its strength and its eleven type of the moment. The qualification against Liverpool has been there, giving great confidence. It was necessary against no less optimistic Gunners. The double confrontation against Real Madrid revealed the formation of Mikel Arteta. She too has become a serious contender for the final victory.
This Ile -de -France faith was observed from the first moments of this evening. Aggressive at the pressing, the Parisians took their opponents in the throat. They deprived them of ball until this breakthrough of Dembélé in the axis. Linked in the midfield, the attacker oriented on the left on Kvaratskhelia who once found him rid of the marking of Rice. Without control, the old Rennais opened the mark with a cross shot with the help of the post (0-1, 4th). In addition to the display panel, PSG displayed a clear superiority in the game and even brushed the station wagon with this head -based head of Marquinhos (14th), and on hanging more than Timber limit on the untenable Kvara (16th). Raya maintained his team in the blow by intervening on this slow motion of the Georgian (26th) and especially on this attempt at Goué (31st). The long time of PSG ended on this, quite suddenly.
Paris suffered but held
Arsenal's defense was finally decided to go out on the ball carrier and took advantage of the opposing fatigue. The danger was very quickly approaching the surface of Donnarumma, who saw João Neves return (illegally?) In the feet of Merino (38th). The next time, it was the Italian porter who released the big game in front of Martinelli (45th). This stop was needed to stay in front of the break, which was timely for the players of Luis Enrique. The domination inflicted by the premises was quickly confirmed on the return from the locker room. Rice even thought of laying a victorious free kick on Merino's head from the first situation but after a long stoppage of play, video refereeing was cooling an Emirates Stadium which had already let its joy explode (47th). Nevertheless, this first alert set the tone for the second period.
Overall
The Gunners reached the accelerator again and found more and more passes that broke lines. Rice also asserted himself in the middle. It was he who launched Trossard on the left side to go and challenge a Donnarumma once again imperial on this cross shot (56th). Paris found a second breath, too weak and too short to become dominant again, but it had at least the gift of bringing the pressure falling. The replacements also brought their freshness and their ideas like Barcola and Ramos. On his first balloons, the Portuguese even offered a goal to the former Lyonnais (84th), before placing his pointed intelligent on the bar (85th). The minutes were rushing out and after missing the station wagon, PSG resisted on the last offensives to win this first leg. It will be necessary to conclude in 8 days at the Parc des Princes.
