Angel delight /Di Maria helps PSG reach Champions League final for first time
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Paris Saint-germain are one win away from Champions League glory after claiming an emphatic 3-0 win over RB Leipzig in the semi-final in Lisbon.
The French side have been chasing success in the premier European competition since they were taken over by Qatari investors in 2011, but had only previously got to the quarter-final stage.
But they booked their place in Sunday’s final thanks to goals by Marquinhos, Angel Di Maria and Juan Bernat and are on the cusp of finally achieving their goal of becoming European champions.
They will now wait to see who they meet, with the second semi-final between favourites Bayern Munich and Lyon tonight.
For Leipzig, it is the end of their impressive journey in which they beat Tottenham and Atletico Madrid in the knockout stages and 33-year-old boss Julian
Nagelsmann leaves the tournament with his reputation sky high. But they exited with a whimper as PSG controlled the game.
Thomas Tuchel’s men could have gone in front inside the opening ten minutes as Neymar hit a post when played through by
Kylian Mbappe. But they did not have to wait long to score as Marquinhos headed them in front in the 13th minute when he met Di Maria’s inviting free-kick.
Neymar struck the frame of the goal again when he caught Peter Gulacsi off guard from a free-kick when the keeper was expecting the Brazilian to cross.
PSG scored their second in the 42nd minute and Gulacsi was to blame.
Playing out from the back, he misplaced a pass, which allowed Neymar to brilliantly flick into Di Maria’s path and he made no mistake from ten yards. Another defensive howler enabled PSG to kill the game 11 minutes after the restart.
Nordi Mukiele slipped in possession, allowing Di Maria to pick out Bernat and the midfielder made no mistake with his free header.