Paris Saint-Germain has been imposed on Tuesday to Arsenal in London (0-1) in the first leg of the semifinals of the Champions League, in which a lonely goal from the Frenchman Ousmane Dembélé in the first minutes allows those of Luis Enrique to face the return in Paris, where those of Mikel Arteta must overcome if they want to have options to go to the final.
In the sixth confrontation between French and English in Europe, the Parisian team was able to bend the 'gunners' to track its second final of the maximum continental competition, which must tie next Wednesday in the Park of the Principes.
With Dembélé as a more advanced man, the PSG found the goal quickly, which gave way 20 minutes of domain and suffocating pressure of the Parisian team. The French striker led the ball and opened to Banda for Khvicha Kvarathskhelia, perhaps the best of the first 45 minutes, which gave back so that the former barcelonist took out a cross shot that touched on the long stick before to sneak into the bottom of the meshes (min.4).
A coup that silenced the Emirates and that unleashed the doubts in the 'Gunner' painting, visibly uncomfortable, with Kvarathskhelia, unfolding Jurriën Timber. Before the first quarter of an hour, Marquinhos examined David Raya with a header, and it was not until the 24th minute, also in another stub, when Mikel Arteta's arteta had their first danger of danger, the work of Jakub Kiwior and who ended up without problems in the hands of Gianluigi Donnarumma. The Spanish goalkeeper of the English team appeared again at half an hour to stop a right of Désiré Doué.
However, little by little the premises were clearing and squeezed in the last minutes of the first half. First a biting shot by Bukayo Saka and then an acrobatic shot by Gabriel Martinelli warned Donnarumma, who just before the break was imposed in a hand in hand before the Brazilian. Minutes before, in addition, the Emirates claimed a penalty for a possible demolition of Joao Neves about Mikel Merino.
It was precisely the Spanish footballer, today playing somewhat more delayed, who was in charge of putting fear in the body of Luis Enrique around the costumes. In a play rehearsed, a foul thrown by Declan Rice in the 47th minute, the Navarro rose on the defense to send the ball to save, but the referee annulled the both offset.
Although he did not go up to the scoreboard, he spurred those of Arteta, who, despite falling many times in precipitation, disturbed the Italian goalkeeper, who had to take a providential hand to clear a Chut of Leandro Trosssard. Meanwhile, the PSG was forced to replace the injured Dembélé, who went to the ground in 70, by Bradley Barcola.
The newly admitted to the pitch forgave 2-0 after a wall with Gonçalo Ramos, a shot that was too crossed; To the Portuguese, meanwhile, he also saw his goal in 85, in this case because of the crossbar. The 0-1 will allow Luis Enrique to leave with advantage in the final duel in Paris, within eight days.
Data Sheet.
-RESULT: Arsenal, 0-Paris Saint-Germain, 1 (0-1, at rest).
–Alineations:
ANSSON: Higher; Timber (Whit, min.83), the Cross, Kiwiy, Lewis-Skell; Rice, Merino, Odegaard (Nwanri, min.90); Just, Martinelli; y Trossard.
Paris Saint-Germain: Donnarumma; Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes; Neves (Zaïre-Ester, Min.89), Vitinha, Fabián; Doué (Gonçalo Ramos, Min.76), Kvaratskhelia; Y Dembélé (Boat, Min.70).
–Goles:
0-1, min.4: Dembélé.
–Arbitro: Slavko Vincic (only). He admonished Trosssard (min.10) Ya Saka (min.43) by Arsenal and Achraf Hakimi (min.44) and Joao Neves (min.46) by Paris Saint-Germain.
–ESTADIO: Emirates Stadium.
–Inncias: A minute of silence was kept by Pope Francis, who died last week at age 88.
