Khvicha Kvarathskhelia scored one of the great goals of the Champions League, since Paris Saint-Germain came from behind to beat Aston Villa 3-1 in the first leg of his draw in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, April 9. Morgan Rogers had given a 35th minute town in the parcio des princes to silence fans at home, but PSG was quickly level through a 35 -minute villa strike.
Kvarathskhelia Then Tok in the center of the stage with a surprising effort in 49 minutes, before Nuno Mendes added a crucial third in the detention time, giving PSG an important two goals mattress to return to Birmingham next Tuesday. Having eliminated Liverpool in the last 16, Luis Enrique’s team is now in a very strong position to continue and reach the semifinals for the second season.
“We are happy with this result, but we have to continue because the second game is and the work is not finished,” Kvarathskhelia told Broadcast Canal Plus, before stating that he could not clearly remember his sublime goal. “I was fine. I remembered it exactly, but now I will verify inside, so I’ll see if it was quite good.”
Villa, who had Prince William in the multitude of Paris who supported them together with his son George, will need to produce a memorable fight at home if they are going to make the last four of the elaite club of Elite Club for the first time last the trophy in 1982. What happened the last time that his coach Unai Emery will face Luis Enrique in the Champions League.
In 2017, Emery’s PSG hit Barcelona 4-0 at home in the first leg of a last draw, only to collapse in the Camp Nou and lose 6-1 against the Catalans of Luis Enrique. The latter, now with the hope of taking PSG to his first crown of the Champions League, was without the suspended Captain Marquinhos here and also left Bradley Barcola on the bank for the first time in this European campaign. That meant that Déé and Kvarathskhelia completed the attack at home along with the leader of 32 goals Ousmane Dembélé.
Villa entered this game in a series of seven consecutive victories in all competitions, since Marco Asensio, lent by the PSG, was appointed substitute against his parent club. The visitors were happy to defend themselves in the number and the first half of Tok was placed almost exclusively in their half, with Dembélé establishing the tone of an early sizzling blow of what Emiliano Martínez indicated it. The Argentine goalkeeper, a hero for his country in the 2022 World Cup final against France, was mocked aloud by local fans and had an occupied night. However, Villa snatched the advantage against the game streak in the 35th minute.
Villa Strike First
Captain John McGinn stole Mendes just inside the town and chose Marcus Rashford to the left. Then he slid in Youri Tielemans, whose ball through the goal left Rogers with an easy end for his 14th goal this season. The PSG hit quickly, with Martínez almost spilling a shot from Dé on the line before the equalizer left the corner what followed. The hosts worked the ball from right to left to DOÉ, who headed towards the penalty area before curling a wonderful shot beyond Martínez in the farthest corner.
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It was the last moment of magic of the 19 -year -old, who recently won his first limit for France, but his strike was eclipsed by Kvarathskhelia when the Georgian put PSG four minutes after part time.
Emery had replaced Matty Cash in part time with the right side with Bone reserved for a foul on Kvarathskhelia. Axel Disasi entered but had no answer, since Kvarathskhelia was released to the left by Fabian Ruiz and advanced in the box. Napoli’s former end hypnotized Disasi as he rolled his posts on the ball before crushing a thunderous shot fits Martínez, in the near post.
Villa sent a series of substitutions, including Asensio, since they tried to find a way back to the game, while Achraf Hakimi had a rejected effort for the hosts. Dembélé then launched Mendes to round Martínez and put the 3-1 in the detention time, leaving the PSG with one foot in the semifinals.
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