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Real Madrid ousts Messi from the Champions!

 March 9, 2022
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Karim Benzema led Real Madrid to reach the Champions League quarter-finals in a dramatic way, by defeating Paris Saint-Germain 3-1.

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Real Madrid defeated Paris Saint-Germain by three goals to one, after losing in France with a goal without a response. To qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, after beating the giants, Paris, in the aggregate of the first leg and return matches, 3-2.

French star Karim Benzema starred and scored three “hat-trick” goals, which led his team to turn the table on Paris and turn the delay with a goal to win three.

Real Madrid started the match with strong offensive pressure in an attempt to score an early goal, but the Paris Saint-Germain defense and goalkeeper Donnarumma did not allow that.

Vinicius Junior penetrated into the Paris penalty area from the left in the 8th minute and played a dangerous cross that Messi followed back to the defense and passed a ball that made Mbappe in front of the goal to shoot strongly and was blocked by Courtois.

Mbappe went inside the Real Madrid penalty area to face the goal before he shot a left-footed ball, which Courtois removed in the 13th minute and prevented the first goal for the visitors.

Paris continued to be dangerous against Real Madrid, and Neymar hit a ball in front of the penalty area that Courtois grabbed.

Real Madrid responded to the Paris attacks, and Karim Benzema hit a straight ball in front of the penalty area that passed next to Donnarumma’s post in the most dangerous opportunity for the royal in the first half.

Messi missed the most dangerous opportunity in the first half, after he took the goal off Neymar’s pass, to hit from the top of Courtois and the ball passed in front of the goal line without finding anyone to follow it into the net.

Watch the summary and goals of the Real Madrid match – Paris Saint-Germain

Mbappe scored a goal for Paris in the 33rd minute after a kick from Nuno Mendes from the left side, but the referee did not count it and indicated that the left-back had infiltrated.

Real Madrid returned to threaten the Paris goal, and Carvajal sent a dangerous cross, which Benzema met with a header, but Donnarumma grabbed the ball firmly.

With Real Madrid rushing to attack and from an attack cut in the middle of the field, Neymar passed a ball that put Neymar in front of the goal.

He shot strongly from in front of the penalty area, the ball went to the right of Courtois, scoring Paris Saint-Germain’s first goal in the 38th minute.

Modric hit a powerful ball from outside the penalty area, but the brilliant Donnarumma grabbed it firmly.

Before the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, Paris Saint-Germain advanced with a goal without reply.

In the second half, Paris appeared more active at the beginning, and Mbappe scored a wonderful goal after he dribbled past goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois with great skill, but the referee did not award the goal due to offside.

Ancelotti pushed the pair Camavinga and Rodrygo instead of Toni Kroos and Marco Asensio to activate the attack in the 58th minute.

Karim Benzema took advantage of Donnarumma’s mistake, Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper, to keep the ball and put pressure on him to cut it.

And it reached Vinicius, who returned it to Benzema in front of the goal, and the French striker hit the net, scoring a Real Madrid equalizer in the 61st minute, to ignite the match.

After the goal, Benzema almost scored the second goal with a superb header that passed past the Paris goal post from a cross by midfielder Camavinga.

Vinicius missed a dangerous opportunity to add the second goal in the 72nd minute after the ball returned to him from the Paris defense in front of the goal, but he hit the crossbar.

And again, Real Madrid cut the ball from the defense of Paris Saint-Germain in front of the goal, but the attack of the royal team did not finish the attack correctly in front of Donnarumma’s goal.

It was time for Karim Benzema’s party, which ended the adventure of Paris Saint-Germain and led Real Madrid to qualify for the quarter-finals.

Vinicius went on a counterattack towards Paris in the 76th minute before passing a ball to Modric, who passed it between Saint Germain’s defense to Benzema, so that the Real Madrid captain fired a ball past Donnarumma, scoring Real Madrid’s second goal.

Benzema waited only one more minute to add the third goal for him and his team, taking advantage of Marquinhos’ error in removing the ball, to hit directly a ball that passed into the net of Paris in the 78th minute.

In the remaining minutes, Paris tried to score the goal that would take the match into extra time, but the attempts were unsuccessful, and the match ended with a victory and Real Madrid qualified.