Paris Saint-Germain tame 10-man Barcelona, reach Champions League semis: Stats
Paris Saint-Germain have ousted FC Barcelona from the 2023-24 edition of the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona entered the second-leg quarter-finals tie with a 3-2 win earned in Paris. They took the lead and extended their aggregate score to 4-2. A straight red card for Ronald Araujo in the 29th minute allowed the visitors a comeback. PSG scored four thereafter to reach the semis.
How did the match pan out?
Barcelona's Lamine Yamal played a key role in finding Raphinha, who scored a 12th-minute opener from point-blank range. Araujo's moment of madness for a foul on Bradley Barcola saw him earn a red card. PSG equalized through Ousmane Dembele before scoring through Vitinha to gain the lead. Joao Cancelo's foul helped PSG score a penalty via Kylian Mbappe. Mbappe added another late goal.
6-4 aggregate win for PSG
Barcelona earned a 3-2 win in the first-leg with Raphinha scoring twice. PSG turned things around at Camp Nou to win 4-1 on the night and 6-4 on aggregate.
19 goals for Raphinha in Barca colors
In 81 matches for Barcelona, Raphinha has raced to 19 goals, including nine this season. He also owns nine assists. In the 2022-23 campaign, the former Leeds United man scored 10 goals and made 12 assists for the club from 50 appearances.
Unique record for Raphinha
As per Opta, Raphinha is the first Barcelona player to score three goals in a single Champions League quarter-final tie since Neymar in 2014-15, also against Paris Saint-Germain.
Mbappe races to 41 goals this season
Playing his 42nd match this season across all competitions, Mbappe owns 41 goals, including eight in the Champions League. He has now been involved in 50 goals this season (A9). Mbappe is now the top scorer in Europe's 'Big 5' leagues across competitions, surpassing Harry Kane's 39. The Frenchman owns 253 goals for PSG in 302 matches.
Mbappe equals this tally of Ibrahimovic
Mbappe now owns 48 Champions League goals, including 42 for PSG. He scored six earlier for AS Monaco. The French star has matched Zlatan Ibrahimovic's tally (48 goals in 124 matches) in addition to Andriy Shevchenko (48 goals in 100 matches).
Massive record for PSG and Mbappe
PSG are the team to have eliminated Barcelona the most in the Champions League (3 times - in the quarter-finals in 1994-95, in the round of 16 in 2020-21 and quarter-finals in 2023-24). Mbappe owns five goals against Barcelona in the Champions League - his best return against a side. Only Thomas Müller (8) has found the net more often against Barca.
Fourth Champions League semi-final for PSG
In what is their 16th Champions League campaign, Ligue 1 champions PSG have reached the last four of the competition for only the 4th time. They did it earlier in 1994-95, 2019-20 and 2021-22.
