British advantage despite the domain of Hakimi & C, then the baby, the former Naples and the full-back for the 3-1 final are unleashed

Journalist

April 9, 2025 (modification at 23:02) – MILAN

The blow of the tail is the one that really makes the difference. Minute 92 ‘, dembélé so far less dangerous than usual puts in a splendid ball on which Mendes slips, dribbles Konssa and exceeds Martinez. It is the decisive shoulder in the double comparison between PSG and Aston Villa, the blow of the 3-1 that really makes Luis Enrique smile at the final whistle and puts the Parisians with at least half a foot in the semifinal. More than deserved result, because dragged by the magic of Kvaratskhelia (the sensational 2-1 goal is only the tip of the iceberg), the home team had dominated far and wide, reacting to personality to the slap of the advantage of the Aston Villa at 35 ‘. Emery’s team had done everything in order not to sink, but that hump of Mendes in recovery refers to Birmingham under 3-1 and with an Everest to be scaled in order not to disappoint Prince William, who came to Paris with the firstborn George, and the rest of his fans.

the keys

The inspiration of the PSG stars is too much for the Villans. With dembélé threat less constant than usual in the middle up to the 3-1 assist, Kvara and Doué change the game when they understand which side they have to be on. They vary and invent, create and pull. And above all they mark when needed, because Rogers ‘counterattack in 35’, the only serious thing in attack made by the Aston Villa throughout the game, had been lethal. Doué is a show in the final of the first half, Kvaratskhelia a dream in the second half, a talent that sees the game like few others and after the wonderful goal of the 2-1 test also to inspire the companions. Hakimi on the right sinks, helping to keep the Aston Villa on the ropes. Emerey’s team did not go to the bottom first for the parades of Martinez and its defensive organization, but it was immediately clear that the goal of the Villans was to come out with less damage possible from this first comparison and then play everything on the return, with the help of Villa Park. The company was almost succeeded, then the goal of Mendes arrived who changed everything.

the game

The PSG immediately takes control of the game, but it is the Aston Villa who center in the 35th minute, finding the unexpected 1-0 on the counterattack with Rogers at his first shot on the goal of the match. The illusion of the guests lasts four minutes, a time that will invent an impossible right that slips under the intersection. It starts again from 1-1, with disorder instead of the casing of cash on the right side of the defense of the Aston Villa. But the new entrance also goes haywire against Kvaratskhelia: it happens in the 49th minute, when the former Naples drunk with dribbling before putting on the 2-1 with a sensational left of power under the crossing. Emery at the time of play tries the Asensio card, the first of a series of replacements that do not change the script: the PSG attacks, inspired above all by Kvara, the Aston Villa defends itself not to sink. The 2-1 seems destined to last, then at the 92 minute Dembélé Lancia Mendes: what follows, the splendid dribbling of the outside with the goal, is the reason why the PSG feels with at least half a foot in the semifinal.



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