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PSG has stormed the Camp Nou. It did not matter that he did not have Neymar and Di María, because Mbappé with a hat-trick and Verratti had a great game. Although Barça went ahead with a penalty, the French dominated the match and the second half with a real display. The culés were left without bellows from the second goal and, with the return match still to be played, they could stay out of the Champions League in the second round. They need to score four goals in the Parc des Princes and not concede.
FULL TIME. FC Barcelona, 1 – Paris Saint-Germain, 4.
Dembélé left for Braithwaite, he did not reach the first post for very little! Marquinhos closed him well.
Braithwaite tries to impose on two defenders to pick up a fumble inside the area, ended up cutting him Kurzawa. Good action from the Danish, all honor.
When FC Metz beat Barça in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1984, they also did it 1-4. It was the only French team to date that had won at the Camp Nou in an official match.
Barça came to force a corner kick with a dangerous approach from Braithwaite, but failed to make up the result from set pieces. Five minute discount.
Barça have not conceded four goals at the Camp Nou since a Champions League match against Dinamo Kiev in November 1997.
Change at PSG: Florenzi retires, Kehrer enters.
GOOOOL OF PSG! MBAPPÉ HAT TRICK! Great move by Draxler, he forces the three for one on the counterattack, and he gives it to the Frenchman who scores a goal placing it with the right! Night to forget about Barça. Barcelona 1 – 4 PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN.
Assists Julian Draxler
And Barça exhausts all the changes: Griezmann leaves, Braithwaite enters.
Change at PSG: Moise Kean, scorer of the third goal, leaves, Danilo enters.
Mbappé tried to jump the wall with Kean, but Lenglet closed him before he could get there. PSG is winning all direct duels.
WHAT MISTAKE OF NAVAS! Griezmann's high pressure, when the goalkeeper wanted to take it short, the French closed the space and almost scored! Fortunately for the Costa Rican goalkeeper, the rebound has gone out.
Finally, Pedri leaves the field of play and Trincao enters his place.
Then Gerard Piqué left the field for Riqui Puig to enter.
Triple change at Barça: first Busquets leaves and Pjanic enters.
Paredes center towards Mbappé, took an involuntary stomp from Griezmann and fell into the area. The VAR has also checked the play but there is no fault.
Mbappé has only scored one hat-trick in the Champions League, against Brugge in October 2019, and it was coming off the bench.
Good arrival of Dembélé on the wing, he ends up trying his luck with a right hand that goes over the crossbar!
Change at PSG: Verratti leaves, Draxler enters.
The referee has reviewed with the VAR a possible Icardi penalty on Piqué, in which the central complains of an aggression by the Argentine. He touches him with his arm, but he does not hit or there is a fault. There is no maximum penalty for Barça.
First change at Barça: Dest leaves, Mingueza enters.
GOAL FROM PSG! GOAL FROM MOISE KEAN! Foul thrown into the area by Paredes, Kean wins the position with a clean head over Lenglet! Barcelona 1 – 3 PARIS SAINT GERMAIN
Assists Leandro Daniel Paredes
Beyond the fact that PSG is clearly dominating, at times the feeling that Barça does not give more of itself. Koeman is preparing changes to try to remedy it.
MBAPPÉ WANTS THE HAT TRICK! Arrival in the area, cut a defender, and put a shot stopped by Ter Stegen!
GOAL FROM PSG! GOAL FROM MBAPPÉ! Long ball for Florenzi, starts in the correct position because Dest breaks the line, Kylian is attentive when rejecting! Barcelona 1 – 2 PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN.
Barça claim hand! Long possession of the locals, Kean touches it near the penalty line with his arm spread, the play has continued and has not been interrupted for review. Understanding that it has not been within the area is not reviewed, the referee was in front of the play and does not consider it to be punishable.
Very dangerous delivery of the corner, closed to the far post, but Griezmann could not prevail over Herrera in the fight and did not manage to finish it off!
Messi's free-kick hits the barrier! Corner kick for Barça
Kimpembé left his hand on Messi to try to stop him when he tried to recover. Very dangerous foul near the area that the Argentine can convert.
Dembélé has tried to put a lateral center, but he could not overcome Kurzawa's mark.
Another one from PSG, this time without a shot on goal, in which Mbappé has once again become unmarked! The French star is playing in total comfort.
Barça is trying to threaten Navas' goal and has already taken several approaches, but Pochettino has done a good defensive job and manages to break the Catalan team on the counter.
PSG PLAY! Mbappé manages to escape from Piqué despite the grab, yields to Icardi who moves sideways towards Moise Kean, and his launch is stopped by Ter Stegen with a changed hand!
A good pass from Pedri to Messi, he failed to control and the ball went through the area!
Mbappé's first warning, cut Dest and shot from the front that goes out!
Pochettino replaces Gueye, who had a yellow card, and Ander Herrera takes his place. First change of the Parisian team.
The second part begins! We have a change in the ranks of PSG.
It was a very close encounter until the goals were defined: Messi opened the penalty score for Barça, and Mbappé responded with a masterful move inside the area. With the confidence that the draw gave them, PSG has been superior to Barça and was close to the comeback.
END OF THE FIRST PART. FC Barcelona, 1 – Paris Saint-Germain, 1.
HEAD ICARDI! At the first post in the corner, he wins the position but hits the side of the net!
Ter Stegen fails to clear and PSG will have a corner kick before the end of the first half.
Gueye has played the second card for another late entry, this one on Busquets in which he is also late.
Double corner for PSG. In the first, Piqué cleared his head before the arrival of Icardi, and in the second, thrown short, Messi guessed Kurzawa's intentions and cut off the pitch.
GRIEZMANN! Barça counterattack, two for one, the Frenchman looked for the left-footed shot to the long post because Dembélé does not seem to arrive and almost scores!
TER STEGEN SAVES THE SECOND OF PSG! Good move by Kurzawa, connect the shot that the German clears in the last second! Corner kick.
GOAL FROM PSG! KYLIAN MBAPPÉ DRAW! And what a great goal, ladies and gentlemen, Verratti touches it from the outside and the French cut Gerard Piqué inside the area to score! Barcelona 1 – 1 PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN.
Assists Marco Verratti
THE PSG RESPONDS, OF HEEL MBAPPÉ! As the center came to him he did the first thing that occurred to him, almost from his back, Piqué prevents it!
AND THE BARÇA WANTS MORE! Messi's move with Dembélé, the Frenchman thought that his partner was going to shoot at the door but in reality he passed it to him and he doesn't hit him well! Navas stopped.
GOOOOL OF BARÇA! GOAL FROM LEO MESSI! Navas guessed his shot, but it was so powerful he couldn't stop it! BARCELONA 1 – 0 Paris Saint-Germain.
PENALTY IN FAVOR OF BARÇA! De Jong starts for speed, pursued by Kurzawa, and the defender collides with the culé attacker! At first glance it seemed like a stumbling block with Kimpembe, but he touches Kurzawa's knee first and the VAR confirms the maximum penalty.
We are living a very even duel, in which both teams manage to arrive but not prevail over the other. Mbappé leads the initiative on the part of PSG, while at Barça Pedri's contribution stands out.
Messi put the foul to the penalty spot, Dembélé takes his time to place the shot, the defense cuts it off and the next action the Argentine played with Griezmann on his heel! Great defensive action by Verratti to take the ball away from the rival.
Yellow for Gueye for cutting off Pedri's theft in the Parisian countryside.
AND NOW THE PSG ALMOST MARKS! Loss of Pedri, left by Mbappé for Icardi, the Argentine hits it too weak and it is Pedri who corrects his mistake by taking the ball when he was close to entering!
De Jong claims the yellow card for Kurzawa for a tackle in which he ends up running over him, but the referee lets him pass for the moment.
THE BARÇA HAD IT! Great play by Pedri, he left it between the lines to Griezmann and the Frenchman tried to adjust a shot that Keylor Navas saved by covering the space!
Good recovery from Gueye on Pedri, he gives it to Moise Kean and he ends up forcing the corner! Great defensive action from De Jong. Icardi put it to the short post and Griezmann cleared.
Left of Griezmann for Jordi Alba, although Florenzi managed to maintain his position to slow him down. The duel between sides will be one of the keys to this match.
Dembélé's tight shot from the front, cuts the defense in time before he could see the goal! In the next action, Moise Kean took a heavy blow from Lenglet.
Left Icardi for Gueye, she tried her luck from outside the area but did not have enough conviction. Goal kick.
Messi tried to get away from long range, but was immediately stopped by the Parisian defense.
Mbappé wins the back to the centrals, Ter Stegen has to leave his area, he clears imprecise but enough to prevent the French striker from having control! By the time he controlled the ball, the goalkeeper and defense had already positioned themselves.
STARTS THE MATCH! Take PSG out of the center!
The two teams take to the field and the anthem of the Champions League sounds! Barça will wear the usual Barça, while PSG will wear the alternative white kit with a red stripe. The referee tonight will be the Dutch Björn Kuipers.
Kylian Mbappé has only scored one goal in his nine knockout games this season. Today it will be his turn to lead a PSG without Neymar or Di María.
44% of Barcelona's goals in the group stage of the Champions League this season came from set pieces (seven of 16), the highest proportion among the 16 teams left in the competition.
PSG's only away victory against a Spanish team in the knockout stages of the Champions League was eight years ago against Valencia (2-1, February 2013). They have lost the last three such visits to Spain by an aggregate score of 11-2.
Only one French club has beaten Barça at the Camp Nou: FC Metz in the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup in October 1984 (4-1).
Since the 2012/13 campaign, only Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid have met more frequently (ten times) than Barcelona and PSG (eight) in the Champions League. Those eight games have yielded 32 goals, an average of four per game.
The Camp Nou match in 2016-17 is fond memory for the Catalans: they became the first team, and so far the only one, to have traced a margin of more than four goals after losing in the first leg ( 0-4 in the Parc des Princes, 6-1 on the return leg).
Barcelona have eliminated Paris Saint-Germain in each of their last three Champions League ties: 2012/13 quarter-finals (3-3 added), 2014/15 quarter-finals (5-1 aggregate) and round of 16 2016/17 (6-5 added). The Parisians have not beaten the Catalans in a tie since the 1994/95 quarter-finals (3-2 aggregate).
In the PSG they are Keylor Navas; Florenzi, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Kurzawa; Paredes, Gueye; Kean, Verratti, Mbappé; Icardi (4-2-3-1). The French team arrives with the sensitive losses of Neymar and Di María. At the head of the bench is Pochettino, a historian of Espanyol and who came to sound at the time to direct the Catalans.
We have confirmed lineups. Ter Stegen will play for Barça; Dest, Piqué, Lenglet, Jordi Alba; De Jong, Busquets, Pedri; Griezmann, Messi, Dembélé (4-3-3). The biggest news is the return of Piqué, after having been out for three months due to injury.
Greetings and good night! The knockout phase of the Champions League begins, where only one champion can remain! A Barça in great shape today receives last year's runner-up, Paris Saint-Germain, in the first leg of the round of 16.