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Eventually, Paris Saint-Germain get there, maybe before Kylian Mbappe goes there. There was certainly a level of genius about how he got into this space.
You couldn’t quite say the French star stole the game given how utterly dominant his team were, but he did steal the show.
Mbappe’s mercurial stoppage-time winner gave PSG a deserved 1-0 win over a dismally defensive Real Madrid, to also ensure Leo Messi’s saved penalty did not have the same cost.
That is always the risk you run when you try and play it so safe. It was an inevitability of Madrid being so conservative, and perhaps an inevitability of the fact this was the first Champions League knock-out tie since the abolition of the away goal rule.
Madrid apparently had no interest in scoring one. It’s also possible, however, that they had no means of scoring one.
The entire match was one grand display of why this stale team so badly need Mbappe. It may well change the future. Follow all the latest reaction and analysis here:
Kylian Mbappe seals late PSG win over negative Real Madrid after Lionel Messi misses penalty
Eventually, Paris Saint-Germain get there, maybe before Kylian Mbappe goes there. There was certainly a level of genius about how he got into this space.
You couldn’t quite say the French star stole the game given how utterly dominant his team were, but he did steal the show.
Mbappe’s mercurial stoppage-time winner gave PSG a deserved 1-0 win over a dismally defensive Real Madrid, to also ensure Leo Messi’s saved penalty did not have the same cost.
That is always the risk you run when you try and play it so safe. It was an inevitability of Madrid being so conservative, and perhaps an inevitability of the fact this was the first Champions League knock-out tie since the abolition of the away goal rule.
Madrid apparently had no interest in scoring one. It’s also possible, however, that they had no means of scoring one.
The entire match was one grand display of why this stale team so badly need Mbappe. It may well change the future.
Miguel Delaney’s match report from the Parc des Princes:
Mbappe seals late PSG win over negative Real Madrid after Messi misses penalty
PSG 1-0 Real Madrid: The home side claim a stoppage-time win after Mbappe’s solo goal sank the visitors’ attempts to leave with a goalless draw
FULL TIME - PSG 1-0 Real Madrid
Late goals are the business in Europe, aren’t they? Unless they are against your team of course.
PSG have been on both ends of vital late strikes of course in this competition - nobody will forget the occasion when Neymar and Messi, playing for PSG tonight, were on the other side...ending up as dramatic winners for Barcelona after Sergi Roberto’s late, late goal.
But tonight, it’s all about the Paris side and Kylian Mbappe.
FULL TIME - PSG 1-0 Real Madrid
All over in Paris and what a finish to the game - Real Madrid came for a clean sheet and paid the price, as they now trail by a goal for the second leg.
It’s three weeks until the reverse fixture and Carlo Ancelotti’s side will need to rediscover a scoring touch - they didn’t score at the weekend against Villarreal, barely took a shot here and it’s one win in five now for them.
GOAL! 93’ - PSG 1-0 Real Madrid
What a goal for a last-minute winner!! Neymar backheels to Mbappe, he faces up two defenders, drags the ball through them both, beats Valverde to the ball and strikes it low through the legs of Courtois and in!!
Out of absolutely nothing, PSG have snuck the victory in the first leg - hard to argue they don’t deserve it on the balance of possession and chances.
90’ - PSG 0-0 Real Madrid
Into stoppage time in Paris and it looks as though Messi’s penalty miss will prove decisive for the first leg - PSG will have to go to Madrid and win, barring any late drama.
Mission accomplished for Carlo Ancelotti you feel, given how defence-first they have been since the whistle went for kick-off.
Four minutes added on at the Parc des Princes as Messi and Neymar combine again, but the cutback evades any blue shirts.
86’ - PSG 0-0 Real Madrid
Benzema gives the ball away after a spell of Real possession in the final third which didn’t really go anywhere. Neymar dropping into deep areas as he looks to get involved; he makes the interception and starts a forward move, but Messi again gives up the ball. Hasn’t been his night.
Real’s subs seem to have made a decent impact though and the extra energy is giving them a bit more of an outlet down the flanks now.
On the break Messi flicks one through for Neymar and he clips an effort over Courtois - but off-target, while the keeper collides with Alaba.
Subs for both teams for the final minutes: Gueye on for Danilo; Bale on for Benzema
83’ - PSG 0-0 Real Madrid
Valverde and Hazard on for Modric and Vinicius. Two more changes for Real Madrid there.
Now a dangerous free-kick, Toni Kroos with the chance to deliver from the left flank...but there’s a foul by Benzema in the box and PSG can clear.
A scuffle ensues in the area as Rodrygo and Kimpembe get all up in each others’ face, forcing the ref to step in and have a word. Plenty of nonsense.
79’ - PSG 0-0 Real Madrid
Two near-misses for PSG as Messi’s cross is an inch away from Mbappe, then the French forward himself twists inside Kroos and curls at the far post - just wide of Courtois’ goal.
Real Madrid have offered absolutely no attacking threat in this half at all - will they launch a few late counters if PSG start to commit more players forward in search of a late goal? Rodrygo has just their third shot of the game, it’s blocked by Marquinhos.
75’ - PSG 0-0 Real Madrid
Neymar immediately goes on a winding dribble and beats two before Alaba launches in for the tackle - he clears the ball but catches the forward on the follow-through and the ref says it’s a free-kick.
Central, 25 yards out or so, Neymar and Messi both over it...the latter takes, and curls it wide. Not all that close in the end in fairness and there’s a rueful look of frustration from him afterwards. Into the final 15 minutes we go in the first leg.
70’ - PSG 0-0 Real Madrid
All very congested on the edge of the Real Madrid box - Verratti, Mbappe, Messi and Di Maria all combine in short order but there’s nowhere really to go and eventually they crowd themselves out.
The home fans briefly think Mbappe is in on goal but he’s offside and his first touch isn’t great anyway. How long until we see Neymar? No more seconds, is the answer.
RMA subs: Rodrygo and Lucas Vazquez on for Asensio and Carvajal
PSG sub: Neymar on for Di Maria
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