Mbappe allows Paris Saint-Germain to defeat Real Madrid in the last minutes (1-0) in the first leg of the round of 16

Paris has finally found the fault and can celebrate her hero. Paris Saint-Germain beat the wire against Real Madrid, Tuesday, in the first leg of the 16th round of the European Champions League (1-0). Dominated by the retreating Merengue in defence, the Parisians had long stumbled upon the opposite wall and the last rampart of Thibaut Courtois.

Even the Belgian goalkeeper saved a penalty kick from Lionel Messi (62nd place). However, he lost after extra time against the inevitable Kylian Mbappé (90 + 4). Paris take a choice before the rematch in three weeks.

If the people of Madrid wanted to control the ball in the first minutes, they had to quickly fall back in front of the more energetic and biting Parisians. Soon, Mbappe began playing on the left to dribble Dani Carvajal for the first time and serve Angel Di Maria, who nevertheless missed his recovery in front of six meters (the fifth). Sharpe and decided, the Frenchman made his direct opponent suffer and returned to the accusation in the opening from Messi but was only able to face Courtois (18).

The Parisian team Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes have developed significantly, and the young Portuguese has also worked on the rival goalkeeper (23rd place). It was installed in the visitors’ camp for almost the entire first period, but the energetic Marco Verratti and his partners could not solve the situation before the break. After that, Karim Benzema, the front-runner in Merengue’s attack, saw very little of the ball.

Courtois is on fire but is beaten in the end

Carlo Ancelotti’s players fired their first shot just before the break with Casemiro’s header from a corner kick that crossed Gigi Donnarumma’s favorite cage over Keylor Navas. The Italian goalkeeper had almost nothing on this European evening. In contrast to Courtois, who made a great save by jumping to his right to block a powerful shot from Mbappe at the penalty spot (50th place). The Red Devil was victorious again in the middle of its roof against the French and Mendes (53rd place).

Carvajal pushed Mbappe into the area of ​​truth and Messi entered the penalty kick. However, Emperor Courtois refused to collapse and rested completely on his left to convert the devastating penalty kick from the Argentine (62). He was often well protected by a strict and supportive rearguard. After three months of absence, Neymar started playing at the beginning of the last quarter of the hour (73) and quickly got an excellent pivotal free kick sent by Messi just outside the goal (75).

The Brazilian still carried an extra dose of rhythm and inspiration for the Paris attack. Mbappe missed the tire narrowly after a corner kick (78). Real Madrid, who did not target any of their three small shootings in this meeting, thought they would leave Parc des Princes unbroken. However, he did so in the last 21 Parisian attempts, the eighth on goal, when Mbappe passed between Eder Militao and Lucas Vázquez to strike between Courtois’ legs, and finally lost (1-0, 90+4). PSG logically won this first round. He will have to show such a victorious face on March 9 at the Santiago Bernabeu to continue his European journey.