PSG-Barcelona: these figures which show that Paris has suffered

On the scoreboard, PSG finished their eighth-final second leg of the Champions League against Barça with a score of 1-1.

But the statistics of the meeting, at the end of which Paris qualified for the quarter-finals of C1, show that the finalist of the last edition suffered as rarely at the Parc des Princes against the Catalans, yet largely dominated in the go (4-1).

First indicator: the number of saves made by the Parisian goalkeeper Keylor Navas, best player of the PSG with in particular a penalty of Lionel Messi stopped to his credit.

With nine interventions during the match, Keylor Navas achieved a brilliant performance, with one save less than in a draw at Real Madrid (2-2) in November 2019.

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Paris hadn't suffered so much in the Champions League for over 20 years

In all, Barcelona shot 21 times, against seven for Mbappé and his partners, going so far as to frame nine times in the first period.

PSG had never suffered so much in a half since 2003-2004, the season since which Opta analyzes the Champions League matches.

Or at least more than 20 years, since Paris had not played the C1 since the 2000-2001 financial year.

In the same vein, the PSG ended the meeting with 27.9% of possession, its lowest total since Opta analyzes the matches of the competition.

No team had done worse since Atlético de Madrid, winner of Liverpool (1-0) in February 2020, with only 27.4% of possession.

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On his lawn, Paris suffered 2.63 expected goals, a statistic which indicates the probability of a goal being scored depending on the location of the shooter.

The highest total since the rally in March 2017, when the capital club conceded six goals and ended their match with 2.98 expected goals.

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Finally, still according to Opta, Barça managed nearly three more passes than the PSG players, with a total of 768 against 260. In short, the domination was Barcelona on Wednesday night.

But the qualification is very Parisian.