Qarís Saint-Germain turned the score around in Montjuic and, with the 1-4 victory as visitors against Barcelona, they reached the semifinals of the Champions League.
PSG will face Borussia Dortmund in the semifinals, which eliminated Atlético de Madrid this Tuesday, whom it defeated 4-2 at Signal Iduna Park.
Barcelona, looking for its first Champions League semi-final since the 2018-19 season, seemed to turn the game very early in its favor. Lamine Yamal, in the 12th minute, set up Brazilian Raphinha, who beat goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnaruma to open the scoring.
With the score and the series in their favor, there was an action that ended up ruining Barcelona's future in the Champions League. In the 29th minute, Romanian referee Istvan Kovacs sent off Uruguayan Ronald Araújo, who knocked down Bradley Barcola at the entrance to the area. The judge considered that it was a clear scoring opportunity.
The expulsion was very bad for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain passed by. Applying the 'law of the ex', Frenchman Ousmane Dembélé, who arrived at PSG this season from Barça, tied the game in the 40th minute.
“It was a very difficult game because we lost the first game in Paris, but the team was very good, very focused in this second game and we deserved to win,” Dembelé declared after the game.
PSG sealed the win in the second stage
With Íñigo Martínez on the field instead of Lamine Yamal, to replace the expulsion of Araújo, Barcelona suffered throughout the second half and its rival passed by. Vitinha put PSG ahead in the 54th minute, after a pass from Moroccan Achraf Hakimi.
A penalty committed by Ronald Araújo allowed Kylian Mbappé to score PSG's third, in the 61st minute.
Kylian Mbappé sealed the win, the match and the quarterfinal series in the 89th minute, after a series of rebounds from goalkeeper Marc-André Ter Stegen and the Barça defense.
The other two Champions League semi-finalists will be known this Wednesday. Manchester City will host Real Madrid, with the series tied 3-3, and Arsenal will visit Bayern Munich, after the 2-2 first leg in London
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