At the Parc des Princes, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain staged a goal shootout, and in the end, Barcelona defeated Paris 3-2 with Raphinha's brace and Christensen's surprise goal, and took the lead in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals!
At the start of the game, the two sides exchanged attacks and defences, with Mbappe and Asensio both threatening the opposing goal. However, as the game deepened, Barcelona gradually controlled the rhythm on the field, and Lewandowski became the core of Barcelona's attack.
In the 37th minute, Lewandowski orchestrated a counter-attack, he passed the ball to 16-year-old Yamal on the right flank, who found Lewandowski in the box with a beautiful cross, but unfortunately, Donnarumma did not touch the ball, but blocked the ball at Raphinha's feet. Raphinha calmly stopped the ball and sent the ball into the back of the net with a right-footed volley to give Barcelona the lead!
Paris Saint-Germain scored two goals in just five minutes to equalize the score and overtake the front! First, Dembele took advantage of Barcelona's mistake and smashed through the door guarded by Ter Stegen with a powerful shot. Vitinha then received a pass from Fabian Ruiz and easily slotted the ball into the Barca goal.
Barcelona did not give up and they made personnel changes, with Xavi bringing on Pedri and Joao Felix. Pedri provided a brilliant assist as he came off the bench with a beautiful long ball over the top and Raphinha sent the ball into the Paris goal with a beautiful left-footed outside volley to equalise the scores!
With around 15 minutes remaining, Xavi made another substitution, bringing on Andreas Christensen. The Danish defender scored just after his debut, and he received a pass from a team-mate in the goalmouth scuffle and scored the ball with a kick to help Barcelona overtake the score!
Neither side were able to score again in the closing stages of the game, and in the end, Barcelona won 3-2 against Paris Saint-Germain to claim a valuable away win in the first leg.