Drama with penalties dumped Liverpool from the Champions League at the expense of « Paris Saint -Germain »
The big favorite for the ultimate winner of the Liverpool Champions League dropped dramatically from the tournament at the semifinals after losing by 0-1 in regular time and sequels and 1: 4 after penalties from Paris Saint -Germain. Although he completely beat his opponent last week, the French champion arrived at Anfield with a liability, but also showed in the second meeting that he was out of the crisis and is currently in better shape.
The Anfield match started at a whirlwind pace and in the first minutes Nuno Mendes cleared Mohammed Salah's goal. However, this turned out to be the only accurate blow to the outline of Gianluigi Donaruma's door almost until the end of regular time, and gradually Paris Saint -Germain took control of the game through Vitinya and Joao Nevesh, like the first meeting of Park de France a week ago. Usman Dembele uses a misunderstanding between the Merseyside goalkeeper Alison and the central defender Conte, and on an empty door scored 0-1 in the 12th minute. A little later, Bradley Bradley Bradley was brought alone against Alison, but failed to overcome it. Hvica Kwaratzhelia was close to scoring a second goal for Parisians, but his blows passed near the beams.
In the second half, Liverpool tried to press, mainly with the constant centered in the penalty area of the Donoruma, which created chaos. Twice Pacho and Quaratzhelia had to clean from the goal line, and Dominic Sobosai's equalizer goal was canceled due to the ambush of Louis Diaz in the construction of the attack. Until the end, despite the Merseyside coach Arne slot changed the hosts, the hosts were physically dropped and the dominance of PSG became apparent. However, the pressure of Louis Enrique's players did not lead to anything more than an excellent Alison's rescue after Dembele's blow. In the end, everything had to be decided by the penalty lottery.
Two phenomenal rescuings by Gianluigi Donarum of Darwin Nunes' white spot and Curtis Jones sent PSG to the quarterfinals, where the French will almost certainly against another English team – Aston Villa. Birmingham will have a rematch against Bruges at Villa Park tomorrow, after winning a 3-1 win in Belgium.
There were no surprises in the other two games tonight – the Italian champion « Inter » won 2: 1 against Fayenoord at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium and with a total score of 4: 1, a match of the quarterfinals with the German colossus « Bayern ». Marcus Tyram and Hakan Chalhanoglu from the penalty shootout were scored for the Nerazzurri, and for the Dutch team, for which Plamen Andreev was on the bench, a modern penalty was also signed.
With goals by Harry Kane and Alfonso Davis Bayern, for the second time, the German champion « Bayer » (Leverkusen), this time, reached only 2-0 on Bayarren after a convincing 3-0 in Munich a week ago. The Bavarians will host Inter in the first quarterfinals (April 8-10).
