Benfica are boycotting the plans of a PSG who will have to wait to confirm passage to the next round of the Champions League. He was almost done with it, but tonight’s tie conditioned him to make another effort. Ignoring the rumors whether he escaped or not, Mbappe he did his job: he scored and lost Cavani as PSG’s top scorer in the history of the continental competition, but Benfica fought back and got a point (1-1).
The clash against the Lisbon team served as a truce. A healthy bracket in the tense environment in which PSG always moves. However, the main character on the field of play is the same as the one outside: Kylian. The Frenchman has a magnet for good and bad news, used to living with the spotlight on him. In the prelude to the crash Louis Fields He commented that the player did not ask to leave and the public believed that version.
The first half passed between a potential penalty and that one. From an absurd hand of Ashrafsaved by an offside in the previous action, in an unquestionable demolition of Anthony Silva a John Bernat. There was no controversy over the execution. PSG is not there to complicate life. Neymar He didn’t try to go for the ball. Mbappedetermined, finished by tricking the goalkeeper to celebrate Parisian superiority: 1-0.
In the absence of Messiwho watched the game from the stands, Paul Sarabia He positioned himself with flying colors. It’s a wild card that never fails. Without being brilliant, PSG were pragmatic against a more inoffensive Benfica than last week in Lisbon. However, the lack of specificity and an administration of Verratti He rearranged things. The Italian stepped forward Rafael Silva on the spot and the VAR analysis offered no doubts. Also from the penalty, tied João Mario: 1-1.
As much as they tried, PSG hit a wall. Benfica, armed, endured with personality. A Mbappe the winning goal was annulled for early offside in an extension to the penalty area Sergio Ramos. The French, before the addition, was replaced by Carlos Soler. There is no time for a tiebreaker. PSG and Benfica insist on sharing leadership in the Champions League, and wait another day to confirm their passage.
PSG
11
Benfica
PSG, 1
Donnarumma; Danilo, Marquinhos, Sergio Ramos; Achraf, Vitinha (Fabián Ruiz, 85′), Verratti, Juan Bernat (Mukiele, 85′); Pablo Sarabia (Ekitike, 73′), Neymar, Mbappé (Carlos Soler, 90′)
Trainer: Christophe Galtier
Benfica, 1
Vlachodimos; Bah (Gilberto, 63′), Silva, Otamendi, Grimaldo; Florentino (Gonçalves, 78′), Aursnes; Fernández, Joao Mario (Chiquinho, 93′), Rafa Silva (Draxler, 78′); Ramos (Pinho, 78′)
Instructor: Roger Schmidt
Goals: 1-0, Mbappé (39′), 1-1, Joao Mario (61′)
Referee: Michael Oliver. He booked Otamendi (22′), Pablo Sarabia (29′), Joao Mario (43′), Florentino (45′), Verratti (60′), Fernández (69′), Gilberto (84′)
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Source: La Verdad
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