Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) are through to the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League, dumping a 10-man Barcelona out of the competition with a 4-1 win at the Camp Nou on Tuesday.
Barcelona had won the first leg 3-2 in Paris, but PSG won 6-4 on aggregate to advance to the last four.
Star player Kylian Mbappe grabbed a brace in the encounter to see PSG through.
A Superb work from Lamine Yamal squared the ball to Raphinha, who beat Gianluigi Donnarumma with a brilliant shot into the bottom right corner to give Barcelona a 12th minute lead.
Ronald Araujo’s ugly tackle on his opponent in the 29th minute earned him a straight red card and gave the visitors a numerical advantage to play the entire duration.
PSG capitalised on their advantage and equalised in the 40th minute. A former Barcelona player, Ousmane Dembele, equalised for the visitors.
Bradley Barcola played the ball to Dembele, who showed great determination to get to the ball before a couple of defenders and from inside the box he shot into the top right corner of the net to make it 1-1.
PSG made it 1-2 in the 54th minute from a fantastic finish by Vitinha from just outside the box. He wasted little time in getting away a bullet of a shot that flew past the goalkeeper into the bottom left corner of the net.
Mbappe added another goal for PSG from the penalty spot in the 61st minute. He put the ball into the top left corner past the outstretched arm of Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
A minute to duration time, PSG made it 1-4. Mbappe fired the rebound into the bottom right corner after the ball broke to him in the box.
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