PSG takes advantage in the series against Real Sociedad in the Champions League

The Royal Society He is close to being knocked out but is still standing despite his defeat at the Parc des Princes against Paris SG (2-0), this Wednesday in the first round of the round of 16.
Champions, with a goal from Kylian Mbappéwho staged his marriage with the goal at the Parisian Valentine's Day.

After an even first half in play and chances, the Parisian star forward Kylian Mbappé (58) caught a ball inside the area after a first header from Marquinhos in a corner and beat Álex Remiro with his right foot almost point-blank.

A goal that was a blow to a Real team that had managed to contain in the first half the attacks of Luis Enrique's men, imprecise in the shot and in the last pass, and that had even come close to going into the break with an advantage after a kick to the Mikel Merino's crossbar with time already served.

But the goal of the French star, who arrives loaded with gunpowder at the decisive stage of the season, with 13 goals in his last ten games in all competitions, was followed by another that did even more damage to the royalist hosts, when Bradley Barcola He received it on the right side, entered the area and beat Remiro low.

It was the first goal in the Champions League for the young former Lyon player, one of the sensations this season for the Parisian giant. The cold night in the French capital had not started well for the team led by Imanol Alguacil, who could not even count on the bench with captain Mikel Oyarzabal, still suffering from knee discomfort that prevented him from playing the last game against Osasuna.

The loss of the Spanish international, the Txuri-Urdin team's top scorer this season, was a serious problem for a team that arrived in Paris after four straight league games without scoring a goal. A shot to the outside of the net by Take Kubo and a header that missed high by striker André Silva did not worry the insurance too much Donnaruma.

If for Real this round of 16 match was presented as a historic event, after 20 years without going that far in the top European competition, the ambitious Parisian project could not afford another setback in its umpteenth attempt to lift the 'Orejona' after two years in a row falling in the round of 16. The Parc des Princes presented a gala appearance, with tifo included with the club's colors and the silhouette of the Eiffel Tower, although the festive atmosphere was partly curbed by some previous chants against the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo in the frame of the conflict over the stadium maintained by the club and the city council.

At the other end of the venue, the nearly two thousand blue and white fans present in the Parque de los Príncipes could not receive the Valentine's Day gift they were expecting, although San Sebastian and Parisians have a new date with the
Champions on March 5, perhaps by then with Oyarzabal on the pitch.

AFP

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