LISBON, Portugal (AP) – Despite everything, the wait for Paris Saint-Germain is over.
After 110 Champions League matches, the French force has reached the peak of Europe’s largest club festival.
No other club to succeed in the final had to wait any longer, as Arsenal held the previous record of 90 game matches between 1971 and 2006 before they could play for the title.
And there’s no need for a backward drama for PSG this time, as Angel Di Maria scored one goal and scored two more in the comfortable 3-0 win over Leipzig in the semi-finals on Tuesday. The PSG wanted two vanquished purposes to return to Atalanta in the quarter-finals last week.
“We are very happy. It’s a novelty for the club,” Di Maria said. “We work hard and play a wonderful game. We need to write the history of the club. We made it tonight and we’re in the final, it’s very important. We’ll have to continue as we do tonight to make our dream come true. “
PSG has become the first French league club to succeed in the Champions League final since Monaco in 2004, and the French team may win the name after Marseille in 1993.
PSG will face Bayern Munich, the five-time champion or their Lyon teammates. They will face off on Wednesday in the semi-final of the mini-tour in Lisbon due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Marquinhos and Juan Bernat scored when the French club of Qatar took away from a victory to claim an elusive European crown.
Neymar, who scored one of the goals with a big throwback in the area, is also one step closer to achieving his goal of winning the Champions League away from the former Club Azulgrana.
He and his companions celebrated in the midfield after the game, singing and dancing a few moments. Back home, PSG enthusiasts ventured into the famous Avenue of the Champs-Elysées, the classic site of victory celebrations, lighting it up with hurrahs and smoke torches.
French Prime Minister Jean Castex praised the team on Twitter and mentioned PSG’s “experience and team spirit” for victory.
“Paris is magical!” Tweeted.
The result ended an unexpected run for Leipzig subsidized through Red Bull, the young German club who was making their Champions League appearance.
“The price of the ticket to the last for Paris is well deserved,” said Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann, the youngest in the history of a Champions League semi-final at the age of 33. “In the first 10 to 12 minutes, we did well. and we had smart situations. Return to the game after the purpose of the moment because Paris has a lot of quality. It’s hard to accept, but football is like that.
PSG watched from the beginning at Benfica’s Estadio Ligero, with Marquinhos and Di Maria scoring in the first half and Bernat reinforcing the lead in the second.
PSG dominated France, but the main objective of its Qatari owner was to win the name of the Champions League and gain its position among the European elite. The club has been eliminated in the 16th circular of the tournament in the last 3 seasons and in quarter-finals four times in a row before. His last semi-final appearance in 1995, when he lost to AC Milan.
“It’s a dream come true,” PSG President Nasser Al-Khelaifi said. “We need to be in the last of the Champions League, we need to win the Champions League. We know we’ll get there someday. I don’t know if this year, but every single year we fight for it, so thank God, we’re here at our best.”
Leipzig, which eliminated Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals, sought to make its mark in Europe, the energy-drinking company Red Bull, which in 2009 bought the licence payment for the fifth division club SSV Markranstaedt and financed the normal promotion of the new team downwards. Leagues. Germany.
PSG was back in the middle of the attack with Kylian Mbappé and Di Maria again in the starting lineup. Mbappé did not play from the start in the quarter-finals while recovering from injury, while Di Maria suspended for yellow card accumulation.
Di Maria threw a loose kick into the domain for Marquinhos to open the score in the 13th minute with a headbutt to the farthest corner. The Brazilian midfielder also scored the 90th-minute draw against Atalanta.
Di Maria added the moment from inside the area at 42 after a big shot from Neymar in a power play that started with Leipzig goalkeeper Péter Gulcsi making a bad pass. The moment of Di María’s hand allowed Juan Bernat to score a goal at the mouth in the 56th.
PSG was denied three times in the first half, and Neymar, Mbappé and Di Maria finished on target. It had a purpose not allowed for a handball.
PSG has scored in its last 34 Champions League matches, equaling Real Madrid’s record from 2011 to 2014.
The French club did not have Keylor Navas on purpose due to a muscle injury, but replacement Sergio Rico barely threatened the Leipzig attack.
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