Thibaut Courtois saved some of the crucial goals including one of the penalties from Lionel Messi in the second half but couldn’t save the one that resulted in the winner for the Ligue 1 side. Kylian Mbappe’s strike proved to be too strong for the Real Madrid goalkeeper that deserved to have a clean sheet after his brilliant performance.
It was expected as the Whites were in spite of fitness concerns regarding Karim Benzema, the main striker of the team and Ferland Mendy who were not predicted to be played at the first leg following injury. It was said that the players will only appear when 100% fit and this is why fans had low anticipations.
The hosts started with dominating the Los Blancos since the first half, PSG couldn’t manage to score a goal when they had two chances to lead in the second half before the later winner. Mbappe’s shot was brilliantly saved at minute 50′ while Messi’s penalty was denied by the Belgian at 62nd minute to keep the score null for both sides.
The wonder happened when Neymar was bought in for Angel Di Maria and the Brazilian provided a backheel assist to which, the Frenchman without a mistake netted behind the opponent’s bar.
