In the early morning of April 17, Beijing time, in the second leg of the Champions League 1/4 finals, Barcelona sat at home against Paris Saint-Germain, Raphinha scored, Araujo ate a red card, Dembele, Vitinha scored two goals in a row, Mbappe doubled, and finally Paris Saint-Germain won 4-1 away, with an aggregate score of 6-4 successfully turned Barcelona away and advanced to the semi-finals again after four years, and will compete with Dortmund for a place in the final.
Barcelona have been in excellent form of late, unbeaten in 13 games in all competitions, and have recently won six in a row, scoring 12 goals and conceding three, keeping four clean sheets and conceding just two Champions League knockout games. They exited the Copa del Rey prematurely and are currently eight points behind Real Madrid in the La Liga table, with little hope of winning the title, so the Champions League title is the main goal of the team in the final stages. Barcelona is playing at home in this game, and has the advantage of 1 goal difference, and has a great hope of qualifying.
Paris Saint-Germain ended their 27-match unbeaten run after losing the first leg to Barcelona. The team is still fighting on three fronts, there is no suspense in leading the French Cup with a 10-point advantage to win the championship, and the French Cup has also advanced to the final, and this game against Barcelona is an important node on their road to the treble.
Barcelona continued to use a starting line-up of 433 for this game, and Xavi only made one change in the middle and back, replacing Roberto with Pedri. The forward trio is still Lewandowski, Raphinha and Yamal, Gundogan, De Jong and Po Pedri are in midfield, and the back is still Cancelo, Cubasi, Araujo, Kounde and Ter Stegen.
Paris Saint-Germain still responded with a 433 formation, but made a big change on the right side, Barcola started as a right winger, and Asensio, the center forward in the previous game, failed to enter the starting line, Mbappe was in the middle, Dembele came to the left, and Emery took Li Gangren as the right midfielder, forming a midfield trio with Vitinha and Fabian. Achraf replaced Hernandez at right-back, joining Marquinhos, Lucas and Mendes, with Donnarumma in goal.
In the 8th minute, Fabian's long-range shot from outside the box was blocked. In the 12th minute, Yamal dribbled past Mendes on the right and sent a cross, Raphinha was keen to catch the opportunity and quickly follow up in front of the goal to push the goal, and Barcelona led 4-2 on aggregate.
However, the favorable situation of Barcelona had a serious foul at the back, Araujo was forced to pull the foul in order to prevent the Paris winger Balkla, who was directly sent off with a red card and gave the opponent a great free kick opportunity, and Dembele took the free kick wide.
Paris played one more man, and the situation on the field immediately reversed, Mbappe's header in front of the small box was saved, and Dembele took another free kick wide of the post. In the 40th minute, Barkla easily crossed the penalty area from the left, and Dembele scored a goal at the back point, and Paris fell behind 3-4 and saw the hope of a comeback.
In the 48th minute, Achraf shot hard from outside the box, Ter Stegen saved the ball, and the ball flew off the bottom line against the crossbar. In the 55th minute, Vitinha shot hard from the outside, and the ball bounced off the ground in front of the goal and flew into the net, Paris 4-4.
In the 59th minute, Mbappe passed the ball and Fabian shot wide. In the 58th minute, Xavi was sent off in a furious situation on the sidelines. In the 61st minute, Cancelo brought down Dembele to give a penalty, and Mbappe scored the penalty, and Paris won 5-4 on aggregate.
Gundogan's shot hit the post and Lewandowski had a powerful shot from inside the box saved. Mbappe scored another goal in the 89th minute with an own assist from the opponent. At full-time, Paris beat Barcelona 4-1 away.