Mbappe Outshines Messi Due to PSG Thrash Barca
17 February, 2021
UEFA Champions League
Result: FC Barcelona 1-4 Paris Saint-Germain
Date: 16 February 2021
Venue: Camp Nou
Kylian Mbappe bagged himself a hat-trick at the Camp Nou as Paris Saint-Germain thrashed FC Barcelona 4-1 on the first leg of their spherical of 16 tie.
Gerard Pique produced a surprise return to the Catalans' line-up, as Pedri joined up with Frenkie de Jong and Sergio Busquets in midfield after starring above the weekend.
PSG, who were without Neymar, enjoyed most of the ball found in the early stages, nonetheless it was first Barca who carved away the first possibility when Pedri played found in Antoine Griezmann who was simply unable to defeat Keylor Navas from close array.
Barcelona were then awarded a good penalty on 27 mins when Frenkie de Jong transpired by after colliding with Layvin Kurzawa, which allowed Lionel Messi to blast the house the opening target from 12 yards.
PSG were backside on level conditions seven minutes later seeing that Marco Verratti deflected Kurzawa's pass to Mbappe who skipped former Clement Lenglet to fire former Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
The next half saw the Catalan giants dominate because they went in search of a second goal, but it was PSG who got the next goal on 66 mins when Alessandro Florenzi's cross found its way to Mbappe who fired into a clear net.
PSG got the two-goal advantage three minutes later as a great un-marked Moise Kean got on the end of Leandro Paredes' free-kick to head residence at the far content.
However, the night time belonged to Mbappe who accomplished his hat-trick in 85 a few minutes with a clinical finish in to the top corner immediately after being played in by Julian Draxler to summary a big win.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za