PSG had an appointment with its history. After his success during the semi-final to go to London (1-0), the French champion needed to confirm this evening in a park of princes acquired to his cause, and join the Inter. Despite the confidence displayed by the performances of the last four months and the success acquired at the Emirates, the path was still strewn with pitfalls before playing this long -awaited final. And then PSG got too used to scuttle in key matches. This distrust was also increased by the absence of Ousmane Dembélé in the starting eleven. The goalscorer of the previous week still suffered too much from the thigh to start and give way in attack in Barcola, Kvaratskhelia and Goué.
Arsenal found him Thomas Partey in the midfield and it was immediately seen. The Ghanaian managed to better balance the midfield of his team and hurt his long keys very much where the aerial play of Parisians felt, as often, the worst difficulties. He also found Martinelli who put Donnarumma to contribution from the 4th minute. The Italian even made a huge parade on an Odegaard shot following a new key (8th). Previously, it was Rice who had not managed to frame his head taking the best on Marquinhos (3rd). PSG was sufficient in these first moments and owed its oxygen only for its artificial respirator which officiated for its purpose.
PSG has resisted …
This little breathed air maintained the life team, until it completely revived. Luis Enrique was annoyed on the bench but, the storm of the first quarter of an hour offered respite and even much more. There was this counter by Doué, who shifted Kvara on the left. The Georgian strike crashed on the post (17th). The next one was the right one, well helped by this ball badly returned by Party on this free kick of Vitinha. Ruiz seized the opportunity to send his heavy strike from the left to the bottom of the nets (1-0, 27th). PSG had done the hardest by taking shelter with this advantage, a little against the course of the game, to better evolve against. Unfortunately, Parisians could not take advantage of it despite the opportunities.
Overall
The first time, Kvaratskhelia and Barcola were going on goal, but the Frenchman could not convert after the badly adjusted pass of the Georgian (30th). On a second, the former Lyonnais served a little early, who also encountered Raya (44th). The configuration did not change in the second period when neither good (54th) nor Barcola (63rd) were going at the end. Donnarumma once again flew to preserve this meager advantage (64th), while the Var gave a penalty that Vitinha did not transform in front of a Raya left on the good side (69th). Not enough to cool the park either since in the process, Kvara escaped on the left and proposed to Dembélé, barely entered, finally preceded by Hakimi, who made the break of a rolled up (2-0, 72nd).
The happy and relieved park
This time, it smelled good for PSG. Even gifted dressed a slight smile when it came out of the field but the Parisian club does not know how to afford the end of soothing matches in the Champions League. And as often it is on an improbable action that the floating returned to the lawn. Marquinhos was moved by the entrant Trossard and allowed Saka to relaunch the Gunners in front of Lucas Hernandez and Donnarumma (2-1, 76th). No stupor but tremors, especially with this huge opportunity that Saka did not convert (80th). PSG resisted the latest assaults (86th, 90th+1, 90th+4) and even got from the last situations (81st, 82nd) before seeing the referee whistle the end of the game under the ovations of the public. PSG will go to Munich on May 31 in the Champions League final.
