The Champions League final will oppose Inter Milan in Paris Saint-Germain on May 31 in Munich. In the aftermath of the magnificent qualification of the Milanese, the Parisians delivered the goods against Arsenal to reach the final stadium of the competition for the second time after the final lost in 2020 against Bayern Munich.
Eight days after its 1-0 victory in London, PSG won the return match 2-1. Without their best asset Ousmane Dembélé until the 70th minute, Parisians have generally controlled their subject. The only false note came from the reduction of the English scoring in the 76th by Bukayo Saka after a gross error by Captain Marquinhos.
After a difficult start to meet against the opposing waves, the Parisians were happy to open the scoring in the 27th on a perfect sequence of Fabian Ruiz after an overly axial dismissal of Thomas Party. European champion last year with Roja, the half traced a royal road to its colors, the one that leads to a second final for PSG five years after the defeat against Bayern Munich in Lisbon and an eighth for a French club which has won only one to date.
The goalkeeper final
This Munich final will also be that of the guards. Like Yann Sommer against FC Barcelona, Gianluigi Donnarumma was dazzling. His prodigious judgment on a strike from Martin Odegaard in the 8th minute was the first turning point in the meeting. Without the miracle of its goalkeeper, PSG would not have kept the advantage acquired in London for a long time. During this return match, Donnarumma brought a brilliant confirmation. He too, he walks on the water in this spring.
-This return match of the Parc des Princes suffered well from the comparison with the extraordinary fight of San Siro. The main fault of the Gunners who suffered from both the absence of a real No 9 and the too neutral performance of Bukayo Saka.
In the opposing camp, the Parisians were far from delivering the match of the year. Like Vitinha who missed almost miserably in the 69th a penalty granted by the Var. The failure of the Portuguese before David Raya was quickly erased by the 2-0 of Achraf Hakimi in the 72nd on an action led by Kvicha Kvaratskhelia and Dembélé, which had just entered. These three men will certainly quickly populate the dreams of Yann Sommer.
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