Barcelona actually played very well in the first round between the two teams, even blocking Mbappe to return to the home lead.
In this second leg, Barcelona played a 433 with defenders Araujo, Cubarsf, Cancelo, Koundé, midfielders Gündo?an, Frankie de Jong, Pedri, and strikers Lewandowski, Yamal, and Raphinha.
Paris out of 433, defenders Marquinhos, L. Hernandez, Hakimi, Mendes, midfielders Vitinha, Fabian Luiz, Zaïre-Emery, forward line Mbappe, Dembélé, Barcola
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Demb had a goal in élé's last game. His celebration after he scored caused displeasure among Barcelona fans. As soon as he scored in this game, the home Barca fans booed him. In this game, Paris had Mendes back, Barcola charging forward, and Mbappé closer to Demb's central striker, closer to Dembélé, as if to strengthen the link between the two, which together could indeed force many teams' positions
As Paris was behind in the first round, they had to be proactive in this match, while Barcelona was very afraid of Paris' offensive capabilities. The overall position is backward and they want to take the initiative to counterattack.
Barcelona scored on the right after 11 minutes as Yamal and Mendes went one-on-one, Yamal suddenly shifted gears to start Mendes and then crossed straight into the center, at which point Raphinha took a breath of fresh air from the left side and dipped wide to the near post for a first-time goal to put Barcelona in the lead!
Barcelona's Lewandowski and others are a little outside the penalty area. Paris didn't expect Raphinha to swoop in so close. Although Hakimi had caught up, it had allowed Raphinha to strike and score. Paris' two defenders are broken by Barcelona's wings
With only 10 minutes to go, Barcelona were ahead, and with a one-goal lead in the first round, Barcelona were up by two goals and actually dominating the win
In fact, Paris was worried. As a result, Levan got the ball in the box for 20 minutes and almost broke the goal directly.
After Paris, the midfield and front line pushed forward, as did FabianLuiz, to increase the incursions into the Barcelona box. The front line could then insert a second wave which would also produce very threatening shots. Barcelona wanted to push the front line to Paris as quickly as possible and then retreat. As a result, an incident occurred. 28 minutes later, Paris suddenly passed forward on the left side of the road, Barra rushed up to receive the ball at high speed, and then Koundé it was already forward, and there was no way to recover it, except that Araujo just went back to Barcola, and was finally awarded a red card to leave the field.
Araujo's action has gone to the red card. The fact that he has been passed by Barcola, he has missed routes and positions. If he hadn't fouled, he would have been Barcola's goalkeeper for sure. Not only was the foul after the last defender, but the referee was justified in giving Araujo a red card when he couldn't judge a 12-yarder outside the box.
After playing one man less, things changed drastically for Barcelona, and Xavi eventually had to replace the in-form Yamal for Iñigo Martínez, with Yamal being lesser and having a greater impact on the game
Even with the substitutions, Barça played one man short as Paris continued to intensify their attack, with Mbappé still having some left-sided attacks, only for Paris to get the ball on the left again on 39 minutes when Barcola got the ball on the left in a state of siege, with the central Mbappé missing this one but Dembélé at the far post having reached the first time of the game seven yards to the right outside the penalty box and breaking through on goal with a shot.
After that, Paris had gained the initiative and kept attacking Barcelona, and Demb had another good chance before the end of the first half. élé had another good chance.
The second half began with Paris' tactical certainty as the stacking on the wings continued to increase and Barcelona's wings continued to open up. With small numbers and a lack of physical defense, Barcelona's midfield was not particularly strong on the opposite side. As Paris kept squeezing people on the wings and then rushing in, Barcelona's wings were forced to open up and then space gradually appeared in the middle of the road
