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PSG-Real (1-0): the key figures of Parisian success

2022-02-16T05:31:22.935Z


Mbappé was decisive as always, Messi is cursed at eleven meters in the Champions League, Verratti and Paredes controlled the pitch: Pa


PSG waited until the very last minute to win against Madrid (1-0) on Tuesday February 15 at the Parc des Princes, thanks to a goal from Mbappé.

Here are the figures to remember from the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League.

7

Really, what would PSG be without him?

Thanks to his sublime individual feat after added time, Kylian Mbappé was once again decisive for PSG, who he avoided a frustrating draw on Tuesday, February 15, against Real Madrid.

The Frenchman has simply been decisive in each of the seven C1 matches played by the capital club this season.

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With figures to make the greatest blush: five goals, six assists, or eleven goals in which Mbappé is involved out of the 14 Parisians this season in the Champions League.

He also equals his own record in the competition, established between May and December 2017. Simply gigantic.

5

It's going to start to look like a curse.

By stumbling over Thibaut Courtois in the 62nd minute, Leo Messi failed to convert his fifth penalty in the Champions League, from 23 attempts in total.

Since the 2003-2004 season and the beginning of the collection of this data by Opta, it is more than any other player in this exercise.

123

For much of the match, Paris overwhelmingly dominated Real Madrid and that translates into numbers.

Beyond the 57% possession displayed by the men of Mauricio Pochettino, the two masters of the Parisian midfield, Leandro Paredes and Marco Verratti, display a breathtaking statistic: 123 balls each touched.

Far ahead of Messi (100), and very far ahead of the first Madrid player, Toni Kroos (92).

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6

It's starting to become such a frustrating and nerve-wracking habit as a sign of this team's big mentality: against Real Madrid, Paris went for victory for the sixth time this season thanks to a goal after the 85th minute.

The previous times were against Lyon, Metz, Angers and Lille at the start of the season, and against Rennes on Friday February 11.

It was, again, thanks to Kylian Mbappé in added time.

1

Harmless.

Well muzzled by the Parisians, who didn't let go in the pressing, kept their foot on the ball well and perfectly contained the timid assaults of the Asensio-Benzema-Vinicius trio, Real, which was one of the teams that shot the most on goal in this Champions League, returned to the locker room at the break with only one shot attempted.

The last time such a thing happened was… in 2014, against Dortmund.

Source: leparis

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