Barcelona 's Andreas Christensen celebrates after scoring the winner vs PSG in the Champions League . Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Imagesproduced a game that felt like the opposite of the “Barca DNA” Xavi had spoken about in the build-up to this quarter-final first leg.
Inside its brutalist concrete walls the Parc was rocking at kick-off, drenched in a lengthy pre-match Star Wars-themed son-et-lumière show that involved playing the Imperial March quite a lot, and climaxed with the unfurling of an enormous militaristic Yoda banner at one end. And why not? After some laboured spells of PSG possession, it was Raphinha who won a corner on the right with 20 minutes gone that ended with the ball cleared off the PSG line, Robert Lewandowski leaping above Donnarumma’s flailing fist to send a looping header towards goal. Nuno Mendes was there to hook the ball clear. Moments later Raphinha dropped deeper, forcing a full-stretch palm around the post with a low skimming drive.
Within five minutes of the restart the game had turned on its head completely. This time the goal was beautifully constructed, Fabián Ruiz playing a lovely little delayed pass to meet Vitinha’s run through the inside left channel. Nobody in a yellow shirt followed the run or blocked the channel. Vitinha slid the ball into the corner of the net without breaking stride to make it 2-1 to PSG.
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