The Parisian team that had won 1-0 in the first leg took the lead with Mbapp who saw another 2 goals canceled for offside. But in the second half the blancos striker is unleashed, with the complicity of Donnarumma who misses on the first goal
Not yet the time of the Parisian revolution, of the super hero Mbapp who has muscle fibers in place of the cape and the alleged trio of wonders with Neymar and Messi. always the time of Real Madrid and of Karim Benzema author of a hat-trick that overturns an incredible night at the Bernabeu, decided by the French you don’t expect, after an hour of play dominated by Mbapp and Paris Saint Germain, who had won 1-0 in the first leg and also finds himself in the lead at the Bernabeu with a goal from its brightest star. The Champions League for a sport in its own right and for one reason or another and Paris has not yet fully understood it.
Perhaps not even Gigio Donnarumma, author of the unforgivable lightness with the ball between his feet that leads to the Madrid equalizer did not understand: Benzema presses the goalkeeper, steals the ball from his feet with a decisive intervention, Vinicius collects the rebound and puts it back in the center for his teammate, who reopens the game. At that point, as in the damned night of the Camp Nou on March 8, 2017, when the 6-1 sub of Barcelona after winning 4-0 in the first leg, PSG melts, loses their heads, conceding two goals in two minutes between 76 ‘and ’78: on 2-1 Modric did the bulk of the work for Benzema, first in the restart and then with the delightful assist, while Marquinhos put out of action Donnarumma with a detour; at 3-1 the Brazilian makes the assist for Benzema directly, with an unfortunate disengagement towards the center, a gift that the Frenchman gladly accepts, showing all the coldness necessary in such occasions. Vinicius, his young squire, takes notes for a future as a protagonist and polishes the shoes of this 34-year-old who has been enjoying another golden age for years after the one next to Ronaldo, who was shadowing him: with this feat Karim the Dream breaks the record of the oldest hat-trick from CR7 himself.
I know Mbapp, as it now seems almost certain, he will choose Madrid, perhaps not only for the money or because he prefers tapas to oysters, but also because some clubs are built to win from birth and others, like PSG, never leave the labyrinth. golden in which they fit, often accumulating stars without a guide, even if up to half an hour from the end, we have to be honest, this time it seemed the opposite. With the best Verratti, Nuno Mendes increasingly dominant on the left wing, Messi finally collaborative after the bad game of the first leg and Neymar on the pitch from the beginning in place of Di Maria (his is the ball that sends the 1- 0 of Mbapp), Mauricio Pochettino he has failed the mission that should not have failed and will probably pay for everyone, perhaps together with the goalkeeper who he chose to launch in the most important matches of the season and who betrayed him with ingenuity, even losing his head for the mistake. Donnarumma he is cautioned for vehement protests (for Benzema’s intervention on him) and then spends his time shaking his head, demonstrating frailty on the worst night.
Because this was not only a stellar match between two teams full of champions, but also a political clash between the super league player Florentino Perez and the successor of Andrea Agnelli at the Eca, that is Al Khelaifi, which had just obtained the transfer of the final from Saint Petersburg to Paris: the old riches won again in the Bernabeu which is completing the eight hundred million restyling, while the new masters will have to wait for the next round. And together with Mbapp risk losing all the certainties acquired with the final and semifinal played in the last two seasons. Calm in front of four Champions conquered by Benzema and the old guard of Real: to win, you still have to deal with them.
March 9, 2022 (change March 9, 2022 | 23:23)
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