Champions League
Prince William can’t believe it: PSG turns the game against Villa
Updated on April 10th, 2025 – 8:15 a.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Paris has opened the goal to the Champions League quarter-finals. In the victory against Villa, Royale was prominent in the stadium.
Bad football evening for Prince William: his heart club Aston Villa has lost in the Champions League near Paris Saint-Germain despite leadership. In the end it was 1: 3 (1: 1) in the Parisian Prince Park.
Desiré Doué (39.), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (49th) and Nuno Mendes (90.+2) turned the game in favor of the hosts after Morgan Rogers (35th) surprisingly put the English in the lead. PSG, which had switched off the Liverpool FC in the round of 16 and promoted to the circle of the title favorites, is sufficient in the second leg on Tuesday (from 9:00 p.m. in the live ticker of T-Online) in Villa Park in Birmingham.
The French series champion, who had secured the title again six game days before the end of the season, clearly determined the game in the first half. But a careless loss of ball initiated the goal of the “Villans”: Rogers completed a counterattack, Prince William cheered up euphorically. The quick reply followed when Doué fled the ball to the right angle.
Kvaratskhelia took care of the deserved lead shortly after the change of sides. The Georgian danced his opponent in the penalty area and hammered the ball under the crossbar.
Subsequently, little of the guests who had conquered Bayern Munich (1-0) in Ligaphase Bayern Munich came before the eyes of the English national coach Thomas Tuchel. The third goal of the Parisians by Achraf Hakimi (70th) did not count due to an offside position, Mendes increased late after a solo run.