PSG’s Portuguese defender Nuno Mendes prevented Barça from opening the scoring by clearing the ball on their goal line this Wednesday in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League.
The Parc des Princes held its breath. Opposed this Wednesday to FC Barcelona in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League (to be followed on RMC Sport), PSG almost conceded the opener in the 20th minute.
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The last-minute return of Nuno Mendes
It took a huge save from Nuno Mendes to prevent Xavi’s men from taking the lead at that point in the game. On a corner hit on the left by Ilkay Gündogan, Robert Lewandowski used his trigger to rise higher than everyone and head the ball ahead of Gianluigi Donnarumma’s exit.
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Beaten, the Italian goalkeeper was saved by Mendes, who broke away to push the leather back on the line. At a lively start to the match, Paris had already been hot in the 6th on an innocuous restart from Marc-André Ter Stegen poorly managed by Leonardo Balerdi. Going beyond his area, Donnarumma was able to touch the ball to cut off Raphinha’s run (6th).
On the Parisian side, Kang-In Lee (7th), Marco Asensio (11th) and Nuno Mendes (19th) created the best chances during the first twenty minutes.