PSG nevertheless won a chance in the Champions League final after beating RB Leipzig with a 3-0 win on Tuesday night.
Bayern Munich or Lyon await the final, while Parisians celebrated their good luck in the semi-finals for the first time after crashing in the last three seasons, waiting for a record 110 games for their big moment.
Although it was a regime victory for Neymar, Kylian Mbappé and company, there’s a lot to think about before the final when we took a look at the seven things we learned from Lisbon.
Di Maria drags PSG home
Among the very good first three that Tuchel covered on Tuesday, those who registered did not expect Angel Di Maria to be the guy who dragged the PSG across the line.
While Mbappé and Neymar failed to deliver their world class in front of the goal, Di Maria stepped forward with one of the party’s functionality: he scored and offered two assists.
The Argentine first launched an exact loose kick for Marquinhos to head for an unmarked header before hitting himself after Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi panicked on a clumsy pass, which sent Di Maria for 2-0.
Former Manchester United partner crowned his evening in the 55th minute, staying alert amid protests by Leipzig’s defenses to locate Juan Benat, who led in the third.
If Bayern Munich pass through Lyon as planned, young Alphonso Davies could have a difficult night as opposed to the 31-year-old’s delight in form.
Neymar’s boots disappear
Sweat will have to drip onto the forehead of any PSG fan when, after five minutes, Neymar squandered his first chance of the night.
Mbappé played a perfectly weighted ball for the Brazilian who hands hands with Gulacsi, only for the end to push the ball over the post.
Since his arrival in Barcelona in 2017, Neymar has been indisputably connected to PSG Champions League penalties, even when he is not on the field.
The Brazilian closed through Real Madrid in a 3–1 loss to the Spaniards in 2017-18 before Neymar was injured in the lap, seeing a 2–1 loss from the band.
Last season, the 28-year-old was absent from Manchester United reversed a 2-0 defeat in the first leg to sneak in with a 3-3 home win.
Di Maria’s brilliance might have been decisive on Tuesday, but all eyes will be on Neymar for the final.
Mukiele has in the Premier League
Dayot Upamecano is arguably RB Leipzig’s most productive central defender, but clubs looking for defence this summer can also do much worse than the guy on their right in Lisbon.
Nordi Mukiele has been linked to a move to Liverpool and has shown a glimmer of why Premier League champions see it as a viable option.
The defender was comfortable at the big level for a mistake that led to PSG’s final goal, powerfully blocking Neymar and Mbappé on several occasions.
The 22-year-old right-back has played 37 games for Leipzig this season and still has 3 years of contract left in Germany, Mukiele will be closely guarded in the European elite.
Leipzig feels Werner’s absence
It seemed unlikely that Leipzig would not be affected by the loss of his record goalscorer of all time.
Timo Werner scored four goals in the Bundesliga quarter-finals before spending 54 million pounds on Chelsea, opting to sign for Frank Lampard’s team for the preseason.
Dani Olmo and Tyler Adams scored in Leipzig’s surprising 2–1 win over Atletico Madrid to triumph in the semi-finals, but Julian Nagelsmann, who chose to prepare more defensively on Tuesday, may not avoid the German’s absence from Presnel Kimpembe.and Thiago.Silva.
Leipzig has fired 3 of his 14 shots, which will be Nagelsmann’s biggest fear this summer.
Nagelsmann takes off
Thomas Tuchel is regarded as the guy who trained me to the fullest through Julian Nagelsguyn.The difference between teacher and apprentice is transparent in Lisbon.
Former Hoffenheim coach, 33, is the youngest coach in the Bundesliga and has achieved a third position in the German elite this season.
However, its resolve to move to a more negative configuration proved fatal when the PSG took over from the start, as Leipzig never stopped the Paris attacks.
Nagelsmann’s rise to the sensible is not yet over and on Tuesday night he showed that he was perfectly positioned to expand before his inevitable wonderful move occurred.