Living the Mbappe dream at PSG

PSG have never reached the knockout stages of the Champions League when they lost at home. In this case, PSG was already under pressure after Barcelona scored in the beginning of this match at the Nou Camp. Qatari-owned PSG have been knocked out of the last 16 in five of the last seven seasons. However, after Barcelona lost Ronald Araújo on a red card, the game began to turn in PSG's favor.

Barcelona played with 10 players for an hour. This made it easy for PSG and they managed to secure a quick 4-1 victory. The result left PSG decisively ahead 6-4. PSG took full advantage of the one man advantage and came out aggressively. Ousmane Dembele is a former Barcelona player, but he is the one who made the first move for PSG. He scored the equalizer early on.

then also won the penalty. After Mbappe converted it into a goal, PSG took the lead in two tied games. Meanwhile, Vitinho scored a goal. He also scored in the first leg. Mbappe added another goal towards the end of the game. When the game was over, the PSG players cheered wildly. The president of PSG, Nasser Al-Khelafi, claimed that this victory of the team was historic.

This win reminds us of the 2021 Champions League match. That year, Mbappe scored a hat-trick during a visit to Barcelona. During that time, PSG was leading 5-2 on aggregate. However, PSG has not been able to forget the defeat of 2017. At that time, PSG won the home match 4-0. But in the second leg match of Barcelona, ​​they suffered a bad defeat of 6-1.

In that match seven years ago, Barcelona needed three goals for 88 minutes. The team also scored three goals. This time it was PSG's turn to turn the game in their favor. Now PSG has a chance to enter the final for the second time in the last 5 years. "This victory means a lot," Dembele also admits, "We have great hope, this time we will reach the final and fight for the title at Wembley."

After that defeat in 2017, PSG signed two big stars. One of them was Mbappe and the other was Neymar. Neymar left PSG for Saudi Arabia last year. Mbappe has also said that he will leave PSG at the end of this season. Mbappe's contract with PSG will expire at the end of the season. Almost certain he will go to Real Madrid. In this way, Mbappe has an opportunity to win the Champions League this time.

In 2020, PSG has reached the Champions League final once, but was defeated by Bayern Munich in the title clash. Despite being a great player like Mbappe, PSG is often criticized for not winning the Champions League. Mbappe himself is in the rhythm of goals. He scored 41 goals this season. He is just two goals away from a half-century in the Champions League. Will Mbappe really win the Champions League for PSG this time?