After Messi conceded a penalty, Mbappe killed Real Madrid

Paris vs Real Madrid.

Messi missed a penalty.

Mbappe scored with an assist from Neymar in the 93rd minute.

Presumably the news will mention these elements, right?

But watching the game on the spot, the deepest feeling is... Sense of age.

No, it's not "34-and-a-half-year-old Messi missing a penalty, 23-year-old and two months old Kylian Mbappe finished the deadlock" or something.

When I registered before the game and registered for Messi and Mbappe, the effect was like this...

Today Paris played a rare good game of the season, although the 1-0 score is difficult to show.

Paris shot 21-on-3, 57% possession to 43% – 62% possession in the first half – controlling the scene from start to finish.

- For Manchester City, who have just scored five goals with 63% of the ball possession next door, or for a mechanized elite team like Bayern Liverpool:

Well, that's called a thing?

But for a team like Paris...

Last season, Barca and Bayern won first by counterattacking away and survived at home.

The classic good goals played by Paris in the Champions League over the years, such as the 4-0 win over Barca in 2017 and the 3-0 win over Bayern, have all won by playing a quick counterattack with about 40% of the ball.

Like Paris today, in the Champions League-level knockout rounds, it is really a luxury to be able to suppress Real Madrid and win in the end.

Just mentioned Paris's 3-0 win over Bayern – in September 2017, Paris had less than 40% of the ball and stole Bayern by counterattack, for which Ancelotti was dismissed.

Carlo Ancelotti probably remembers that game today, did not let Real Madrid press out. Real Madrid played steadily. It is said to be 433, but the two wings retreated greatly in the first half of the defense, basically 451.

Don't let Messi break through in the middle, don't let Mbappenetche. In the first half, it was better to let go of the two wings of the outside line, allowing Nuno Mendez and Ashraf to pick up the ball on the outside and allowIng Paredes to lead the ball forward. Swing bus.

This is real Madrid's train of thought.

Paris right side Ashraf did not let Real Madrid take advantage of the maintenance on the left side, and Mendy had no sense of presence. When Ashraf pushed forward, Danilo withdrew to protect the right side so he did not lose much behind, but in turn, because Danilo and Paredes were not too bold to insert forward, they could only rely on the two wings to pull apart the width and combine a large number of horizontal passes, and Paris could not play deep. The threat is there, but not big.

About 35 minutes, Real Madrid also tried to overpress out, suddenly a few times on the high pressure, playing a cold paris. But attempted.

In the second half, Paris clearly accelerated, Mbappe and Nuno on the left and Ashraf and Di Maria on the right were actively inserted, and there were more scenes of slashing ribs. This is revealed here:

Over time, the Paris midfielder, led by Verratti, took the lead. Paredes and Danilo were not pressured by Real Madrid to lead the ball frequently; Verratti was free and free to do whatever he wanted, the best in the team outside of Mbappe.

In turn, Real Madrid's ceremonial midfielder, the second half is obviously out of control: Modric was able to keep up with Verratti from the beginning of the first half, but the game passed, he and Kroos could not maintain the pressure, and Casemiro was also exhausted.

As for the final real madrid being scored twice by Paris (a penalty and a goal), in the final analysis, it was chiseled open after the midfield got out of control.

Paris was not known for its midfield, but today is a rare One in the Champions League:

The midfield was mighty, the counter-attack was fierce, dominating the situation, and the pressure on Real Madrid continued from beginning to end.

That may be disrespectful to Kroos and Modric, but if Valverde had been replaced by one of them earlier, the Paris midfield would have been much more uncomfortable.

Four years ago, Paris was killed by Real Madrid in two legs, watching Real Madrid win three consecutive championships, everyone who has watched the game remembers:

Marcelo, 30, on the left side of Real Madrid, charged into the front, leaving Alves, 35, on the right of Paris, to cope with the difficulties. Real Madrid flew with both wings in the second half of both legs, destroying Paris in the last 10 minutes.

But today, Real Madrid does not have such a ferocious speed advantage.

That's the sense of age — Modric is 36, Kroos is 32, Casemiro is 29 — their runs are covered and strangulated, and they can't control the midfield.

So the scene changed.

Mbappe then broke through and was fouled and Messi missed the penalty.

But Paris was not discouraged, and the follow-up was able to create a steady stream of opportunities. After Neymar came on, Neymar, Messi and Mbappe played a series of matches. Messi was a little frustrated – apparently unhappy after the left breakout was intercepted – but gave Neymar and Mbappe a beautiful chance. Behind him, the whole Paris team did not give up.

In the stoppage time stage, continue to attack regardless of the situation.

Then there was Mbappe's death. Courtois certainly showed great courage, but Mbappe's goal was also a reward for heavenly rewards.

— Just last weekend, he killed Wren in the 92nd minute. Today, 93 minutes, kill real Madrid.

And both balls: left rib to hold the ball, push the far corner.

- After scoring the ball, the Prince Stadium went crazy...

Mbappe has 22 goals so far this season, which is not much for him — 42 last season, 30 last season, 39 last season — but he's really found his place this season.

In his first year in Paris from Monaco, he played on the right; France, which won the World Cup, was also on the right.

After Tuchel took office, he slowly tried to play in the middle, and when Neymar was injured, he had the opportunity to kick the left side and try to hit more of the neck shots. Last year's European Championships he played as a French left winger, and the effect was not good.

Neymar played less due to injury this season, he sat down on the left free attacker, and together with Nuno formed a left-side spur combination punch, completed a variety of Henry-style left-side breakthroughs and attacked the far corner, and the running pass was more comfortable:

This season he has scored a few goals, but has completed a career record of 13 assists.

Last season's Champions League champions league passed Barca and Bayern, and Mbappe's goals were all counter-attacked after being pressed out from the opposite side. The big bus pried cans, which was not his specialty.

Today he broke through on the left to create a penalty, Messi missed it; in the 93rd minute Kylian Mbappe forced an inward cut on the left, far corner, and killed.

From last season's counter-attack victories against Barca and Bayern, to today's two breakthroughs on the left to pry open the Real Madrid bus. Carvajal couldn't do anything about him.

It's progressing.

Real Madrid have a ceremonial midfielder and Paris have Messi. On the past glory of the Golden Ball and the Champions League, both sides are full. Modric is probably still one of the most well-rounded midfielders in the world. Cross is probably still one of the best metronomes of the world's long-form schedule. Messi is still Messi.

But the most eye-catching thing about this game is the speed and sprint of Mbappe, Mendes and Ashraf, and the Verrattis (which reflects the weakening of Real Madrid's ability to run and apply pressure).

Speaking of which, again, that sentence:

Fists are afraid of less strength.

Especially in this Champions League world, where the premier league doubles and Bayern have won the championship in the past three years, the past three champions have all been Germans, and the pressure to hang determine the future.