39’: Mbappé scores for PSG
70’: Benzema scores for Real
PSG lead 2-1 on aggregate but no away goals.
39’: Mbappé scores for PSG
70’: Benzema scores for Real
PSG lead 2-1 on aggregate but no away goals.
OFFICIAL: Real Madrid have qualified for the 2021/22 Champions League quarter-final.
Karim Benzema completes the comeback with a hat-trick.
At 34 years and 80 days Karim Benzema is the oldest player to EVER score a hat trick in the Champions League.
He did it inspiring the comeback against the Messi-Mbappe-Neymar PSG
PSG in the Champions League since the takeover in 2011:
12-13 = QF
13-14 = QF
14-15 = QF
15-16 = QF
16-17 = R16
17-18 = R16
18-19 = R16
19-20 =
20-21 = SF
21-21 = R16
Money can’t buy you UCL happiness…
Lionel Messi’s last nine games against Real Madrid:
0 goals, 0 assists
0 goals, 0 assists
0 goals, 0 assists
0 goals, 0 assists
0 goals, 0 assists
0 goals, 0 assists
0 goals, 0 assists
0 goals, 0 assists
Knocked out in the last 16 in back-to-back seasons.
Karim Benzema’s game by numbers vs. PSG:
100% aerial duels won
15 touches in the opp. box
7 shots attempted
5 shots on target
4 passes into the opp. box
4 passes into final third
4 x possession won
3 goals
Hat-trick hero.
◉ Bayern
◉ Liverpool
◉ Man City
◉ Real Madrid
This summer, PSG rejected a 200M bid from Real Madrid for Kylian Mbappe.
They just lost to Madrid in the Round of 16
Luka Modrić’s game by numbers vs. PSG:
100% take-ons success
88% pass accuracy
69 passes
12 passes into the final ⅓
7 duels won
6 passes into the opp. box
4 x possession won
4 tackles made
3 take-ons completed
3 crosses
2 shots
2 clearances
1 through-ball
1 assist
Ridiculous.
Karim Benzema is the oldest player to score a hat trick in Champions League history at 34 years and 80 days old.
He did it when it mattered most for Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappé passes Zlatan Ibrahimović to become PSG’s second all-time leading goal scorer with 157 goals
Neymar and Donnarumma fought after the heartbreaking night at Bernabeu
According to Spanish press Marca, Neymar and Donnarumma got into a fierce fight in the dressing room after PSG’s horror show at the Bernabeu stadium.
Aside from PSG president Nasser’s astonishing drama with the referees, the Brazilian star reproached the Italian goalkeeper for his error on the equalizing goal of Real Madrid, a real turning point in the match since he put the people of Madrid back in the match.
Benzema and Modric. Combined age of 70. Leaving it all on the pitch. A brilliant example to any young footballers