The wait is still over for Paris Saint-Germain.
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 drama beating for PSG this time when Angel Di Maria scored one goal and put two more in a comfortable 3-0 win over Leipzig in Tuesday’s semi-final. 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 maximum ticket price 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 looked from the beginning at Benfica’s Estadio Ligero, with Marquinhos and Di Maria scoring in the first half and Bernat adding an advantage in the second.
PSG was dominant in France, but the main objective of its Qatari owner was to win the name of the Champions League and earn 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 drinks corporate Red Bull, which in 2009 bought the licence payment for the SSV fifth division club Markranstaedt and financed the normal promotion of the new team to the Decrease leagues. Germany.
The PSG returned to full force in attack with Kylian Mbappé and Di Maria back in the starting line-up. Mbappé did not play at the beginning of the quarter-finals as he recovered from injury, while Di María was suspended by yellow card.
Di Maria threw a good on-the-line shot into the domain for Marquinhos to open the score in the 13th minute with a header in 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 heavy shot by Neymar in a cumulative that started with a bad pass from Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi. The moment of Di Maria to lend a hand allowed Juan Bernat to score from the diversity close to 56.
The PSG was rejected through the wood 3 times in the first half, with Neymar, Mbappé and Di Maria at the end. It had a purpose not allowed for a handball.
PSG has scored in their 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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