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At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on March 10, the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals ushered in a major event, with Real Madrid facing Paris Saint-Germain at home. Paris Saint-Germain is full of stars and very strong. In Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain established a very huge advantage, leading the table with 62 points, a full 13 points more than Nice behind them, which made the championship belong less suspenseful. However, Paris Saint-Germain has been in average form recently, losing 2 of their 3 league games. When Paris Saint-Germain played against Real Madrid in the first leg, they completely suppressed their opponents, shooting 21 times, but only a small victory by 1 goal. Now in another meeting, Paris Saint-Germain, who played away, only needed to remain unbeaten to eliminate Real Madrid, but Paris Saint-Germain messed up and lost the game 1-3, resulting in being eliminated.
Pochettino lined up in a 433 formation for this game. Donalumma served as the starting goalkeeper. Nuno Mendes, Kimpembe, Marquinhos and Ashraf are paired at 4 defenders. Verratti, Danilo Pereira and Paredes make up the 3 midfield. The attacking trident combination of Messi, Mbappe and Neymar joined forces. Di Maria, Icardi, Draxler, Wijnaldum, Geye and Navas are all on the bench.
After the start of the game both sides quickly entered the attack and confiscated, ascentio and Mbappe had good chances, but neither scored. Over time, Paris Saint-Germain gradually gained an advantage in possession, and through delicate coordination to control the rhythm of the game, opportunities continued to emerge. Both Neymar and Paredes had good chances, but neither scored. The most threatening of the Real Madrid team is undoubtedly Benzema, whose kick is sharply angled, but it is too thrilling to be rubbed out by Donnaruma Flying with the tip of his finger.
Messi had the chance to open the scoring, but unfortunately his pick-and-roll shot slid past the goal. Mbappe seized the opportunity to push the ball into the net, but was judged to be offside. However, a similar opportunity soon arose again, this time Kylian Mbappe scored the ball again and Paris Saint-Germain took the lead! Real Madrid are in an extremely passive situation. At the end of the half, Real Madrid fell behind by one goal. Paris Saint-Germain had 60% possession in the first half, with 8 shots on goal, 4 shots on target and 1 goal. Real Madrid also had eight shots on goal in the half, but failed to score.
In the second half, Mbappe's goal was blown offside, and Real Madrid, who escaped the disaster, began to fight back wildly. Donalumma's low-level turnovers were too fatal, allowing Benzema to seize the opportunity to score. The goal also signaled a Real Madrid counterattack. Paris Saint-Germain's backline was full of holes, Real Madrid bombed indiscriminately, and Benzema scored two goals in 2 minutes to completely turn the situation around. The Paris Saint-Germain players were too helpless. The final score was set at 3-1, and Real Madrid reversed Paris Saint-Germain. Real Madrid eliminated Paris Saint-Germain 3-2 on aggregate to advance to the quarter-finals. Pochettino set an embarrassing 10-year record: it was the first time in nearly 10 years that Paris had won five consecutive Champions League away games.
There is no doubt that the biggest culprit of Paris Saint-Germain's elimination is Donnarumma, whose low-level mistakes led to the loss of the ball, allowing Real Madrid to fight back fiercely. In the post-match whoscored rating, Donnarumma scored a low score of 5.5. Mbappe tried his best, scoring 1 goal on 4 shots and scoring 7.4 points. Neymar sent out an assist and he scored 7.8 points. Messi's performance was a bit worse, he shot 3 shots on goal and 0 shots on target, only to score 6.9 points. Benzer Wasima was so godly, scoring 3 goals in 7 shots, and the director reversed himself to score a game-high 9.6 points.