04/28/2021 2:38 PM
Clarín.com
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Updated 04/28/2021 6:31 PM
It is fair to start at the end and highlight the hierarchy of Manchester City to never lose the line, insist with his script until he overshadows a rival that shone and achieve an impressive triumph in Paris that brings him closer to the passage to the Champions League final .
But it is difficult to understand what happened to PSG, beyond rival merits.
How a team that had given a soccer class in the first half deflated in the complement, lost the game plan, reflected a striking physical loss and they turned the game around with two childish oversights in defense: Keylor's miscalculation Navas in the closed center of De Bruyne and a mismatch of the barrier in the free kick of Mahrez.
Each one with their own style, they alternated 45 minutes of lecture.
It was even more brilliant that of PSG in the first half than that of City to turn it into the complement.
But in the peaks of yields, the local hit once and forgave several;
while the English in a flurry struck twice.
Di Maria's corner kick and Marquinhos connect to put PSG 1-0 at Manchester City for the #UCL semifinals.
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- Well Profiled (@BienPerfilado) April 28, 2021
When PSG is fought over, he will be able to sustain his illusion of going back through the series in a range of footballing arguments. And he exhibited them all until he ran out of gasoline. With a superb performance by Ángel Di María, who leaning on the right made the whole band, collaborated defensively, joined in attack, unbalanced, built walls. With Verrati pulling the strings with hierarchy and Leandro Paredes as a spare wheel for the entire midfield. With Neymar saving the luxuries in pursuit of the team. With Mbappé threatening to break the rival defensive line. With Marquinhos jumping more than anyone and again contributing a header goal to open the game. And even with Keylor Navas making a Foden bomb easy from the area gate.
All of that disappeared in the second half.
And there must appear a self-criticism of Mauricio Pochettino who seemed to delay the modifications to revitalize the midfield when the procedure invited to think that from so much pushing the City would find a hole to filter the defensive block and reach the tie.
This was the GOAL of Kevin de Bruyne🇧🇪, who put the tie for Manchester City 🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/Ly1kQmC1Cx
- El Rincón Del Hincha (@ erdh19) April 28, 2021
Pep Guardiola's team had a lot of merit, of course. First he adjusted the defensive pieces: Rúben Dias was a wall, he did not lose any duel with Mbappé. And with the ball, he was adding creativity to the possession. They all move, they all offer themselves without fixed positions, Foden comes out of the noise and joins Mahrez; De Bruyne fans the attacks from one end to the other; Rodrigo drives. And that insistence inevitably took away physicality and concentration from PSG, who ran behind the ball throughout the second half.
The goals of the comeback were not consistent with the game of City.
They were actions more forced than his enormous lift to turn history.
But they were also part of his essence, of that constant offensive search.
De Bruyne threw a poisonous center that stung the heart of the area and got into Navas incredibly.
And seven minutes later, Mahrez's left-footed free kick passed between Kimpembe and Paredes, who were at the barrier.
MAHREZ TURNS IT BACK ⚽🇩🇿 |
Riyad Mahrez with this great goal from a free kick made it 2-1 for Manchester City 🇬🇧 against PSG 🇨🇵.
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- Soccer Time (@horadel_futbol) April 28, 2021
On Tuesday they will meet again at the Etihad Stadium.
They both know that nothing is defined.
The best example of what they can hurt and what they can suffer was the 90 minutes in Paris, in which each one gave a 45-minute lecture.
PSG could not sustain the deployment in the middle or its offensive ferocity.
And Manchester City, with the perseverance of always and the effectiveness of its side, gave the blow.
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