And happiness was so close.
When in the previous phase of the Champions League PSG He eliminated Liverpool, a barrier in the form of Aston Villa seemed a decrease in complexity for the Parisian team. And the first game in France somehow confirmed. Let the Parisians miss the first, but they were able not only to recover, but also to obtain a fairly comfortable advantage in two goals during the return struggle. For a high -class experimental team, this is more than enough to not have great difficulties even during a difficult journey in England.
But dries the game and kill him with the control of the ball a PSG It didn’t work. I had to demonstrate a drama with a coup, even if in the end, the departments of Luis Enrique proved to be winners in the clash.
Exemplary punishment
The first half in Birmingham resembled to fust. Aston Villa predictably climbed forward, he put it, but did it too nervous and naive. PSG He replied to roll the ball, but above all – apply the contact. And it was also in some way mocked in this. As if the Parisians had not attacked at all in this game, but they came out to lead the ball. But if the opponent is replaced, then how not to use it?
The Parisians transformed a couple of counterattacks and both times proved to be productive. In addition, they were born from the opponent’s failed attacks. In the first case, Marcus Rashford climbed too optimistic at the corner of rigor in the stroke. He regularly has a far released the ball. This time he was punished in full. The Parisians found themselves in a pair of march Emiliano Martinez. It seemed that the goalkeeper had already stopped the fire on the left, but he did it in the most successful way – exactly on Ashraf Haki’s leg, which opened the score.
After 16 minutes, the story repeated. And also in a bitter form for the owners. Amadu Onan seemed to have worked coldly in someone else’s penalty area, covering Willian Pacho there, but for some reason he made an extra movement and the defender was ensured. Once again, a couple of gears – and Usman Dembele with a fire on the right in the center found Nunu Mendesh, which hit exactly under the bar. After this, just a selection of neighbors Aston Villa, players, players and, of course, Unai Emery, showed.
But what is important. Even with this result, the owners’ game did not seem hopeless. They managed to quickly move the ball in someone else’s territory. He only brought the possibility of bringing combinations to an accurate and timely completion. But conceptually in the game and tactics of Birminghamers there have been no problems. Everything was based on some individual skills and luck.
Fortune, apparently, also understood at some point that it went with the preferences faced PSGTherefore, the debt returned to the first half, when the blow of Yuri Tilemansa fell on Pacho’s chest, from which the ball bounced on the net, disorienting Dzhanluji Donnarumm. However, even in this situation, few could believe in the salvation of Aston Villa. Too impeccable presented in the first half PSG. However, it was an illusion.
Back to the game
We all know that Emery is the genius of the Europa League. The main time of this tournament. Therefore, the inclusion of the ANO appeared very symbolic before the start of the game The Instead of the official Champions League track. Someone was wrong or it was a conscious action to discover. It remains only to fix the perplexed faces of the players, as well as the whistle of the fans – not everyone understood which tournament they found themselves. So the second half of the game could also inspire the memories of the Europa League, in which Emery managed to miracles.
Weaned by attacks PSG He completely relaxed, apparently assuming that the enemy would continue to give gifts and no effort should not have been applied. But Aston Villa after the break fell on the donnarumma gate in a more assembled mode. For the erection of beauty, a fascinating cavalry crust was directed by John McGinn. In his rustic way without delights and dribbling, he simply dragged the ball and loaded from afar. Ricochet helped the ball to effectively ruin the net behind the back of Donnarumma.
And after a couple of minutes, Rashford showed how he blossomed in Birmingham after Muse. He unrolled on the side of Fabian Ruis and Vitinya, rolling the ball under the blow of Ezri Dezi, who led the Aston Villa and made a wounded at most of the intrigue to the maximum: the hosts remained to mark a ball for salvation. This is what was not enough in the end. Although all the prerequisites were.
The most obvious moment was not used by Marco Asensio, who could make this game legendary and reduce the cheekbone from symbolism. After all, the Spaniard was merged to Birmingham from PSGWhere it was not useful to Louis Enrique. And now Emery throws him into battle, and almost immediately Marco receives a possibility, leaving one against one with Donnarumma. But it does not reproduce the goalkeeper. One blow separated anxious from radical different thoughts of Enrique on him: from “it is a shame that they let him go” to “correctly, that I was melted such a Mazil”.
But it would be wrong to hang everything at the failed blow of Ansensio. There were other opportunities. But somewhere the accuracy has failed, and in some places Donnarumma has played perfectly, which does not eat its bread. Yes, even without successlessly replacing several parts of the Pacho body in a compensated time, in the end replaced correctly, blocking the ball after the blow of Jan Maatsen since summer.
Has maintained its slightest defeat PSG And he tightened in the semifinals. And the game has shown once again that football punishes those who are inattentive. But there is always the possibility to improve. It is important for them to use it with competence.
