With a goal from Kylian Mbappé at compensation time, the Paris Saint-Germain managed to win 1-0 over Real Madrid in the first leg of the round of 16 UEFA Champions Leagueheld in the Parc des Princes in the French capital.
The white team suffered on the lawn of the Parc des Princes before an intense PSG, which pressed up the exit of the meringues.
The Leo Messi-Kylian Mbappé connection It worked and did a lot of damage down the left wing where the French winger was running, a real nightmare for Daniel Carvajal.
Mbappe was able to overtake his team by receiving a pass from Messi in the areabut lost the one-on-one with the goalkeeper Courteous (18).
The merengue team managed to get a little more out of their field in the last quarter of an hour of the first part, but always looking sideways at his back for fear of a quick start from Mbappé.
The Frenchman found himself once more with a ball in the heart of the area forcing Courtois to stretch to avoid 1-0 (50).
The Belgian goalkeeper was one of the heroes of his team the one he saved in a shot from Nuno Mendes (52) and another almost consecutive of Messi from outside the area (53).
The martyrdom to which Mbappé subjected Carvajal had its reward for the French team when the Spanish international knocked down the French star in the area causing a penaltyin which he shined once more Courteous stopping the shot Messi (62).
The failure in the maximum penalty encouraged the meringues, who tThey tried to go forward, but with too many inaccuracies and without actually carrying danger.
With Real Madrid on the ropes, Pochettino gave entry to Neymar for Di María to mount his gala attack in his attempt to pierce the merengue goal.
With the match almost over, Mbappé fired a cross shot under Courtois’s legs to make it 1-0 (90 + 4) and sentence the Parisian victory.
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