Mission fulfilled for Luis Enrique: Paris Saint-Germain Arsenal beat 2-1 This Wednesday, May 7 at the Tour of the Semifinals of the Champions League and will face in the final, on May 31 in Munich, Inter Milan.
The Spanish Fabián Ruiz (27) and Moroccan Achraf Hakimi (72) distanced PSG and Bukayo Saka shortened in 76 for the ‘gunners’, who had already arrived at the match against the ropes for the 1-0 defeat last week in the first leg in London.
Then the only goal was signed by Ousmane Dembelé, who was injured in that first leg in a thigh and was a substitute in the return, entering play only for the last twenty minutes. He did not score this time but was the author of Hakimi’s goal.
Second chance
The PSG is now excited with the second final in its history in the highest European tournament, after 2020, which lost 1-0 against Bayern Munich in the edition that ended in August for the Covid pandemic.
His fans could not live in that first final because the game was played in Lisbon behind closed doors, so this second chance will have a special flavor.
Lifting the ‘Orejona’ is the obsession of the PSG especially since the arrival of its catlar owners in 2011, and This classification to the final arrives in the first season since the march of its star Kylian Mbappé to Real Madridchampion of the previous edition of the Champions but eliminated this year in the quarterfinals by the Arsenal.
France will aspire to its second European champion title, since in the past it could only be crowned on one occasion, with Marseille in 1993.
Arsenal stayed at the doors of a second final in Champions, after which he lost in 2006 against Barcelona, and in the Premier League he only has to ensure the runner -up in honorary way.
Master Donnarumma
After spending the week reiterating his confidence in a comeback, Arsenal came out in Tromba.
Declan Rice sent head out in 3, just before two spectacular interventions by Gianluigi Donnarumma, which had already been one of the first leg.
The Italian goalkeeper first saved at a shot in the mouth of Mikel Merino in 4 and in 8 he played just to divert a powerful shot from the front of the Martin Odegaard area.
After that brilliant start, the PSG was awakening from the lethargy. The Georgian Khvicha Kvarathskhelia warned with a shot to the stick (17) and the French got the peace of mind in 27: Vitinha took out a foul that the defense of the arsenal rejected but the ball went to Fabián Ruiz, who from the front sent a left -footed shot away from the reach of his compatriot David Raya.
The Spanish goalkeeper could show off in 30 with a great intervention to prevent Bradley Barcola for successfully completing a backlash.
Raya stops a penalty
In the second half, Arsenal did not find how to re -fall into the game and when Saka tried a lot of intention in 64, Donnarumma appeared again with his 1.96 meters for a stretch that avoided it.
David Raya stopped in 69 a penalty launched by Vitinha and that had been pidered after a review in the VAR of one hand in the area of Myles Lewis-Skelly before a shot of Achraf Hakimi.
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But Hakimi himself was able to score in 72 with a shot in the area after receiving a short pass from Dembelé, who had just entered the game.
Arsenal was able to respond soon, shortening his disadvantage in 76 with a goal from Saka, but was still two goals to match the tie and the PSG knew how to contemplate to reach the second Champions League final in its history.