As one of the favourites to win the Champions League, PSG stumbled in the group stage and only managed to draw with Borussia Dort in the final round to finish second in the group of Super Death. On this match day, the first leg of the Champions League 1 8 finals began, and Grand Paris sat at home to face La Liga powerhouse Real Sociedad, which beat Inter Milan to win the first place in the group, and its strength should not be underestimated. After the start of the game, the two teams formed a confrontation, Merino volleyed the crossbar, Mbappe scored first, Balcola sealed the victory, and Grand Paris won 2-0 and advanced to the last eight with one foot.
Enrique was no longer alive at the crucial moment and set up a 4-3-3 formation for this game, with Mbappe, Dembele and Barcola joining the front three, rising star Unai Emery partnering Fabian Ruiz and Vitinha in midfield, Achraf, Marquinhos, Danilo Pereira and Berardo forming the defence, and Donnarumma continuing to guard the goal.
Real Sociedad have been plagued by injuries and are lined up with the likes of Kenei Kubo, Andre Silva, Suvemendi and Suverdia. As the referee blew the whistle, the two teams opened up to form an attack. Just one minute into the game, Barrenechea broke through from the left and Andre Silva curled a shot into the far corner that grazed the post and went out of bounds.
In the 6th minute, Dembele broke the ball and went straight to the situation, Mbappe strode straight into the penalty area, and half single-handedly volleyed, and Remiro went down in time to complete the key save. In the 18th minute, Kenei Kubo played Berardo on the right side, changed his direction and cut inside and then hit the near corner and hit the side netting. In the 22nd minute, Kenei Kubo answered on the right side and crossed the ball directly, and Andre Silva shook his head and hit the goal again.
In the 25th minute, Achraf instigated a counterattack with a long pass over the top of the backfield, and Dembele shot wide from a small angle with a single chance. In the 35th minute, Dembele's corner cross was cleared, Achraf's long-range shot from outside the box hit Suvemendi and refracted it, and Balcola headed high from close range!
In the 45th minute, Bryce Mendes broke through the ball on the right side of the front, Merino made a slight adjustment, blasted a high-quality long-range shot, smashed it on the crossbar and popped up, Grand Paris escaped, and the two teams returned to the dressing room with a score of 0-0.
In the 50th minute, Achraf crossed a low ball from the right, Mbappe pushed and kicked, and Remiro easily confiscated the ball. In the 58th minute, Dembele crossed from a corner kick, Marquinhos nodded the ball in front of the ferry, Mbappe rushed to the horse, grabbed ahead of Remiro, volleyed into the net in front of the goal, and Paris led 1-0!
It was the 44th goal of Mbappe's Champions League career, surpassing Neymar and tying Salah and Drogba for 14th all-time. Five minutes later, Paris made a comeback when Mbappe broke the ball up front and fired a shot from outside the box, which Remiro saved and then hit the crossbar.
In the 70th minute, Grand Paris scored another goal: Fabian Ruiz counterattacked diagonally, Barcola made a long-distance run on the left, passed the defenders of Real Sociedad, grabbed ahead of Suverdia, and stabbed through Remiro's goal from a small angle, and the score came to 2-0!
Enrique then made a series of substitutions, with Asensio and Lucas coming off the bench and goal-scorer Barcola coming on.
In the end, Paris Saint-Germain kept the score 2-0 until the end and took the lead in the two-legged duel. Although the second leg will be a guest at the Anoeta Stadium, with a two-goal advantage, the probability of Paris advancing is still very high.