2024-04-11 00:19:04
And the second first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals offered a spectacle.
In Paris, “Barcelona” beat PSG 3:2 and secured a good starting position before the second leg on April 16.
The Catalan club opened the scoring in the 37th minute through Brazilian Rafinha.
In the 48th minute, Ousmane Dembele equalized for the home team, and after only 180 seconds, Vitinia made the turnaround for PSG complete – 2:1.
PSG were close to a third goal as substitute Bradley Barcola fired hard from the right, Ter Stegen got his hands on the ball before it ricocheted off the crossbar.
However, in the 62nd minute, Rafinha scored again to make it 2:2. In the 77th minute, a new twist was reached. After a corner, reserve Andreas Christensen scored with a header for the final 3:2 in favor of “Barca”.
Thus, the Danish defender became the fifth player to score in the Champions League on his birthday, joining Angel Di Maria, Edinson Cavani, Simone Inzaghi and Juan Esneider.
In the other match tonight, Atletico defeated Borussia (Dortmund) 2:1 in Madrid.
Rodrigo de Paul opened the scoring for the home team in the 4th minute.
Samuel Lino scored for 2:0 in the 32nd minute.
Substitute Sebastien Aller scored for Borussia in the 81st minute. The second leg in Dortmund is also on April 16.