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Our ref tonight is Istvan Kovacs, and he will be assisted by Vasile Marinescu
Mihai Artene. Our fourth official is Horaiu Feșnic. All four officials are from Romania.
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PSG: 99 G. Donnarumma 5 Marquinhos 21 L. Hernández 2 A. Hakimi 25 Nuno Mendes 8 Fabián Ruiz 17 Vitinha 33 W. Zaïre-Emery 10 O. Dembélé 7 K. Mbappé 29 B. Barcola. Replacements: 15 Danilo Pereira 19 Lee Kang-In 80 Arnau Tenas 35 Beraldo 28 Carlos Soler 11 Marco Asensio 26 N. Mukiele 1 K. Navas 9 Gonçalo Ramos 23 R. Kolo Muani 4 M. Ugarte 37 M. Škriniar.
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Barcelona: 1 M. ter Stegen 2 João Cancelo 23 J. Koundé 4 R. Araujo 33 Pau Cubarsí 22 İ. Gündoğan 21 F. de Jong 8 Pedri 9 R. Lewandowski 11 Raphinha 27 Lamine Yamal. Replacements: 7 Ferran Torres 14 João Félix 26 Ander Astralaga 30 Marc Casadó 5 Iñigo Martínez 13 Iñaki Peña 19 Vitor Roque 18 Oriol Romeu 39 Héctor Fort 38 Marc Guiu 32 Fermín 17 Marcos Alonso.
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PSG are without Kimpembe tonight through injury, while Barca have Alejandro Balde and Gavi on the injury list, but are also missing Sergi Roberto and Christensen, who are both serving red card suspensions.
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In their first-leg clash in Paris a week ago, Barcelona took a 1-0 lead through a goal from Raphinha on 37 minutes. In the second half, PSG scored twice to take the lead (Dembele on 48 minutes and Vitinha on 50 minutes). Raphinha scored the equaliser on 62 minutes, before Christensen gave Barcelona the lead again on the 77th minute.
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PSG have only made the final once, in 2020, when they lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich in Lisbon.
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Barcelona have won the Champions League on five occasions, finishing runners-up on three occasions.
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PSG have won three, drawn one and lost one of their last three games in all competitions. They have scored 12 goals and conceded six.
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Barcelona have won their last five matches in all competitions, scoring 11 goals to four in reply.
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Barcelona are second on the La Liga table, eight points behind leaders Real Madrid. PSG lead the Ligue 1 table in France, with 63 points from their 28 matches. Brest are in second place with 53 points.
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PSG: 99 G. Donnarumma
5 Marquinhos
21 L. Hernández
2 A. Hakimi
25 Nuno Mendes
8 Fabián Ruiz
17 Vitinha
33 W. Zaïre-Emery
10 O. Dembélé
7 K. Mbappé
29 B. Barcola. Replacements: 15
Danilo Pereira
19
Lee Kang-In
80
Arnau Tenas
35
Beraldo
28
Carlos Soler
11
Marco Asensio
26
N. Mukiele
1
K. Navas
9
Gonçalo Ramos
23
R. Kolo Muani
4
M. Ugarte
37
M. Škriniar.
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Barcelona: 1 M. ter Stegen
2 João Cancelo
23 J. Koundé
4 R. Araujo
33 Pau Cubarsí
22 İ. Gündoğan
21 F. de Jong
8 Pedri
9 R. Lewandowski
11 Raphinha
27 Lamine Yamal. Replacements: 7
Ferran Torres
14
João Félix
26
Ander Astralaga
30
Marc Casadó
5
Iñigo Martínez
13
Iñaki Peña
19
Vitor Roque
18
Oriol Romeu
39
Héctor Fort
38
Marc Guiu
32
Fermín
17
Marcos Alonso.
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Good evening, and welcome to Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona for our coverage of the Barcelona vs Paris Champions League quarter-final, second leg clash. Barcelona lead 3-2 on aggregate going into this match.
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Barca press forward but PSG force them back into their own half.
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KICK-OFF! We're underway here with the second-leg, it's Barca against PSG.
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PSG storm forward on a great run but the Barca defence close them down.
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PSG rob Barca of the ball twice near the Barca box, both times the home side managing to clear the danger.
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PSG working the ball around the pitch inside the Barca half… they push into the box, a shot is blocked, then a cross… and they have a corner.
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Barca clear the corner but PSG keep pressing.
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Lovely footwork from Barcola in the Barca box, but Barca eventually force the ball away. It's just been PSG all the way.
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GOAL, BARCA, RAPHINHA! 1-0 (AGG 4-2); Against the run of play, Barcelona flirt up the right wing, a lovely run from Yamal before cutting into the box and driving in a low cross… where Raphinha sticks out a leg in front of a defender and somehow it deflects into the goal for Barca to take the lead on the night and to sit with a big aggregate advantage.
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Barca full of life now and bossing PSG in the centre of the field. And now they're pressing hard as PSG look to setup an attack.
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PSG drive up nicely, there's a cross into the box and Cancelo heads clear for a corner… and from the corners there's a header that flies high over the Barca crossbar.
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PSG working the ball around their players inside their own half… now a long pass forward and PSG win a free-kick for a reckless Barca lunge.
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Barca storm forward on the counter-attack, the ball being run into the PSG box where Donnarumma is forced into a sliding clearance.
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MISSED… BUT CLOSE! Great work from De Jong to get the ball into the PSG box, an attempted cross deflects to Lewandowski who does a clever slide to the right to open up a shot and slashes an effort on goal, but it whistle JUST over the crossbard. World-class striker there's no question about it.
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PSG forced back to their box but then drive forward and into the Barca box, Barcola doing some good work to earn his side a corner… De Jong tries to curl it into the near corner but it's just too hard and slaps the side-netting… although Ter Stghen was out of position so it was a good idea
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Good work down the left wing, but the attempted cross is deflected off the defender back onto the attacker and out for a Barca goal kick.
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SO CLOSE! PSG have Barca on the run, a good shot somehow tipped against the bar by Ter Stegen, PSG keeping the attack going and forcing Barca to bring out their A Game to clear the ball upfield.
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DRAMA! PSG stream forward and Barcola is brought down just outside the box by Araujo, who perhaps clips his feet but definitely had his arm up at the PSG man and denied him a goal-scoring opportunity… VAR is checking everything tho, as Araujo is shown a red.
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RED CARD, BARCELONA, ARAUJO. He was not happy… there wasn't much contact but it was a red.
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OVER THE TOP! The free-kick is hit hard but curls over the top left corner of the Barca goal. With a two-goal deficit, having a one-man advantage is just what PSG need.
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A cross from the left is too close to Ter Stegen, and the Barca keeper scoops it up as he dives forward.
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SUBSTITUTION, BARCELONA. Yamal is sacrificed as Barca bring on a defender in the shape of Iñigo Martínez… and it's not just the shape it is the player himself, Iñigo Martínez.
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PSG spreading the ball around the park deep inside the Barca half… Dembele making great ground to cross into the box from the byline… but Barca clear the danger.
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Barca take a turn on the ball but PSG steal it back and counter-attack.
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GOAL, PSG, DEMBELE! 1-1 (4-3 agg); Barcola with great work down the left into the box, he slashes a low, curling cross across the six-yard box, Ruiz can't reach it but Dembélé comes storming in to meet it on the far corner of the six-yard box and smashes it under pressure into the top of the net! An astonishing finish and PSG are WELL back into this game.
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YELLOW CARDS. Mbappé (PSG) and Martínez (Barcelona) are shown yellow cards in the aftermath of the goal, no doubt after some regrettable words had been spoken.
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CLOSE! Barcola with a lovely run into the box, forces his way past two Barca defenders, the ball loops up and he thrashes it on goal, but it's 10 or more feet wide of the goal… but that was a difficult ball to control.
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HALF-TIME, BARCELONA 0-1 PSG (4-3 agg). Incredible drama as Barca momentarily had a place in the semi-final in their hands when they went 4-2 up on aggregate… but what a fightback from PSG to claw a goal back… and now with Barca down to 10 men, this second half promises to be ELECTRIC! Action returns shortly…
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CLOSE! Dembele meets a long cross on the volley near the edge of the Barca six-yard box… the ball squeezing centimetres wide of the far post.
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YELLOW CARD, PSG, RUIZ. A card in exchange for a heavy challenge from Ruiz.
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KICK-OFF! Hang onto your horses sportsfans… the second is underway between 10-man Barca and PSG…
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PSG press hard from the start, but the 10-men hold firm.
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FOUL! Lewandowski unlucky to catch a PSG player as they rose for the ball together.
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YELLOW CARD, BARCELONA, LEWANDOWSKI
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CLOSE! Mbappe feeds Ruiz who flashes in a left-footer from the left of the box, but it skids just to the right of the post.
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GOAL, PSG, VITINHA! 1-2 (4-4 agg); The corner is played with to Vitinha, who lashes a shot across goal and it's into the far corner for a stunning goal! It's all equal now in the semi-final!
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RED CARD, BARCELONA, XAVI! The Barca manager has lost his cool on the sidelines, jumping around and waving his arms… but when he kicks some balls on the side of the field and some cushions then the referee says enough is enough… and the manager is sent to the dressing-room.
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CLOSE! Gundogan almost immediately puts Barca back in the lead with a cracker from outside the box the smacks the outside of the left post of the PSG goal. Superb strike.
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PENALTY!!!!!! IT'S ALL GOING WRONG FOR BARCA! Cancelo dives in on Barcola, catches him inside the box and that's a clear penalty.
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GOAL, PSG, DEMBELE! 1-3 (4-5 agg); Dembele slams his penalty high and into the top left hand corner of the Barca goal for a priceless lead.
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SUBSTITUTION, BARCELONA. Ferran Torres comes on for Pedri.
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YELLOW CARD, PSG, MARQUINHOS. A bit unlucky to be carded after outjumping Lewandowski, but perhaps there was contact we couldn't see.
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PENALTY? BARCA SCREAM FOR A PENALTY as Gundogan goes down near the byline… his legs are clipped… but it's he who did his own clipping, and the ref goes to his pocket…
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YELLOW CARD, BARCELONA, GUNDOGAN. The sly skipper is carded for what is deemed simulation… and for good measure the ref runs over to the Barca box and flashes a red card at one of the coaches who disappears into the bowels of the stadium. Barca are running out of time, players and coaches!
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PSG full of confidence now driving up to the Barca goal and winning a corner.
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Barca clear the corner but PSG press back…Barca look like they're riding on two flat tyres and a wobbly back left wheel… if PSG play this right they could win by four or five goals here tonight.
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PSG hold off a Barca challenge and clear the danger.
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SAVED! Lewandowski cracks a low left-footer on goal, but Donnarumma keeps it out with a stiff left arm… Barca follow it up but Marquinhos follows up well to clear.
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PSG pressing back now, frustrating Barca, pressing forward and winning a corner… but first some subs…
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SUBSTITUTION, PSG. Marco Asensio comes on for Fabián Ruiz, and Lee Kang-In takes over from Bradley Barcola.
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CLOSE! A great bustling run from Raphinha into the PSG box… from a tight angle he gets a cross (or was it a shot?) in but there's no-one following up and it slides seven to 10 feet wide of the far post.
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SUBSTITUTION, PSG. Manuel Ugarte replaces Warren Zaïre-Emery.
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SUBSTITUTION, BARCA. João Félix replaces João Cancelo
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PSG controlling the ball down the right flank… they pass wide then back to the keeper, but the clearance is captured by Barca who press forward down the right but PSG win the defensive throw.
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Some great pressure from Barca to press, but very cool heads in the PSG defence manage to usher the ball away from danger.
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Barca storm forward into the PSG half they are brought down and it's a free-kick 20 metres short of the PSG box.
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The ball is curled into the box, Donnarumma is way off his line to try punch clear, but all he hurts is the air and his knees as he falls to ground… Lewandowski challenges for is but is flagged off-side.
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BLOCKED! Barca storm forward, four against two… Lewandowski doesn't pass to the man outside him and instead smacks it on goal, but a PSG defender is back there to block what looked like a golden opportunity for Barca to level.
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GOAL, PSG, MBAPPE! 1-4 (4-6 agg); PSG counter-attack, a lovely ball into space from the right wing finds Mbappe sprinting at pace… he bustles into the box and lets rip with a shot, it's blocked by Ter Stegen, rebounds to Marco Asensio, who also slashes a shot on goal, but it's deflected back to Mbappe… and this time he buries it to take PSG to the moon and back in time for the semi-final! PSG are celebrating like it's 1994!
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SAVED! Mbappe looking for a hat-trick slaps a shot on goal… it's a great shot heading for the far corner, but Ter Stegen dives full length to palm it away for a corner. Superb football all around.
93'
Barca pressing desperately but without reward. This is PS's night.
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PSG just controlling the ball, frustrating their hosts.
97'
YELLOW CARD, BARCELONA, FERMIN. It's just all gone wrong tonight for them.
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FULL-TIME, BARCELONA 1-4 PSG (4-6 agg). A game that had everything except dancing unicorns and squadrons of pigs doing flyovers at half-time. An incredible comeback from PSG as Barcelona pulled the self-implode button by picking up a bucket of cards while PSG kept their eye on the prize… and what a prize and SURprise… Barca beaten 4-1 at home! Amazing evening as PSG unexpectedly go through to the semi-final of the Champions League! A great night of European football… hope you enjoyed following the action with us… and join us again tomorrow night with the other half of the Champions League quarter-finals!
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