Real Madrid defeated Paris
Saint-Germain in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League. Kylian Mbappé gave
PSG the lead. Then, in the second half, Karim Benzema turned things around and
turned the game around with an incredible hat-trick.
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Real Madrid 3-1 Paris Saint Germain |
Karim Benzema
scores hat-trick in 17 minutes as Real Madrid dumps PSG out of Champions League
Real Madrid won
the giant duel with Paris Saint-Germain. Real made up for the 0-1 draw in the
first leg with a 3-1 home win and are in the quarter-finals.
PSG Leadership by
Mbappe
Paris started the
game better with a 1-0 win from the first leg. Kylian Mbappé’s first dangerous
shot was safely parried by Real keeper Thibaut Courtois (13th minute).
On the other
side, Karim Benzema had the best chance for the home side: Gianluigi Donnarumma
fended off his shot from a distance in front of 62,000 spectators (25th).
Shortly before the break, the ball came through Neymar to Mbappé, who prevailed
against David Alaba and shot into the left corner to take the lead (39th).
Karim Benzema
with a hat-trick
After the change
of sides, Real got into the game better and an open game developed. In the end,
it was a mistake by Donnarumma that Los Blancos used to level. Karim Benzema
ran to the goalkeeper. He played a pass directly to Vinicius Junior, who gave
it to Karim Benzema and the striker was able to insert it from close range
(61st).
Three minutes
later, Luka Modric found Karim Benzema with a pass through Presnel Kimpembe’s
legs and the game was turned. But that’s not all: PSG lost the ball immediately
after the kick-off and Karim Benzema curled a direct shot into the net for a
hat-trick (78′). Paris was no longer on the offensive and secured entry into
the quarterfinals.
Benzema broke
Lewandowski’s record for fastest hat-trick.
Yesterday Robert
Lewandowski scored the fastest hat-trick in just 23 minutes in the Champions
League, today Karim Benzema broke that record by scoring a hat-trick in 17
minutes against PSG.
Messi’s nightmare
continues in the Champions League
The Paris star
ensemble around Lionel Messi is eliminated in the round of 16 of the Champions
League against Real Madrid. The press celebrates Real’s Karim Benzema and
speaks of a nightmare evening for Messi.
AS on hat-trick goals
corer Benzema: “With a great performance and a hat-trick, the Frenchman
turned a game that had been dominated by Mbappe until then.”
Marca: “With
you, the king of Europe. Real Madrid managed an impossible advance and
rekindled the magical nights of the 1980s by knocking out a PSG side that had
previously been swept aside. Mbappe put the French ahead and Benzema scored a
hat-trick.”
Sport: Monumental
failure of PSG: Messi’s nightmare continues in the Champions League.