victory and qualification.
As in the first leg, but with (much) less difficulty, PSG dominated Maccabi Haifa on Tuesday (7-2), during the fifth day of the Champions League.
Success which propels the champions of France into the round of 16.
The "MNM" sparked in an atmosphere of fire, both literally and figuratively.
Double for Messi and Mbappé, goal of Neymar and Soler, a CSC of Goldberg.
A show of force for the Parisians.
To discover
Champions League standings
Champions League fixtures and results
Defense less inspired than attack
On the way out, PSG had taken a good half hour to take the measure of this Israeli team (3-1 victory).
This time, Christophe Galtier's players did not tremble.
Maccabi suffered the wrath of a surgical “MNM”.
After several skirmishes (9th, 14th, 18th), Messi delivered the Park from a succulent exterior from the left (1-0, 19th).
The beginning of the end for these Israelis punished by a bleeding PSG in transition, even if Abu Fani heated the gloves of Donnarumma (22nd).
After the jewel of Messi, the candy of Mbappé, with a rolled up right (2-0, 32nd).
Two minutes later, Neymar's turn to increase the score (3-0, 34th).
Unplayable.
Author of a virulent tackle on Mbappé earlier (26th), Seck took advantage of a hazardous exit from Donnarumma to reduce the gap (3-1, 38th),
Maccabi Haifa, however, did not lower their weapons or their heads on recovery (47th, 48th, 49th) before seeing Seck offer themselves a double (4-2, 51st).
Strawberry defense.
Not Mbappé who still found the small net (5-2, 65th).
The unfortunate Goldberg for his part sent the ball into his goal (6-2, 67th).
Game, set and match.
Haifa was out of juice.
In addition to this Messi bar (77th), PSG still pushed (71st, 80th, 82nd, 89th, 90th) and still found the fault by Soler (7-2, 84th).
It can count for first place in the group (7-2 final score).
Paris will see spring, as usual
It is now a habit: the Parisians reach the round of 16 for the 11th season in a row.
It remains to be seen whether they will finish at the top of their pool.
After its success against Juve (4-3), Benfica is still hanging on to the French Basques.
The two teams neck and neck, Paris having the advantage on goal difference (+8 against +4).
Next opponent of PSG, Juve can only aim for a folding seat in C3, like Haifa, which must receive Benfica.
The untouchable “MNM”
When the three “
MNM
” thieves are at this level, not much can happen to PSG… Especially against an opponent who chooses to press so high.
The slightest mistake can be fatal… The three players had scored the last 20 goals for PSG in all competitions before Goldberg's CSC.
A surgical "MNM" on Tuesday, who scored on almost every shot.
Warm atmosphere at the Parc des Princes
Before this risky match, the PSG had banned "
shirts, escapes or accessories from the opposing team
" as well as "
flags of countries not represented at PSG
", while the prefecture had limited the visitor parking gauge (1650 against 2400).
Finally, pro-Palestinian flags and messages swarmed in the Auteuil stand (see tweet above) and there were as many Israeli supporters outside the park as inside… Which park multiplied the smoke bombs, fireworks and firecrackers .
In the end, despite this intrusion of the conflict in the Middle East in the spans of the Park, no serious incident to report at the time of writing these lines at the end of this match played in a big atmosphere.