They always say ‘form is temporary but class is permanent’, and so Real Madrid proved at the Parc des Princes as they saw PSG off in relative comfort.
Unai Emery’s Ligue 1 giants were widely fancied in the online betting world to make the Champions League final, but after Los Blancos’ superb first-leg performance, the betting odds favoured Real Madrid. And on the night, the Spaniard’s experience at the very top level counted.
Liverpool are through too, though a few football bets at Anfield may have gone awry as the free-scoring Reds failed to get even one against Porto.
Paris Saint-Germain 1-2 (2-5 on agg.) Real Madrid
All the action in Paris came in the second half after a surprisingly quiet opening in which Real Madrid seemed happy to sit on their two-goal lead from the first leg. The hosts did finally threaten as halftime approached with Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe coming close. But the tie was over early in the second period when Lucas Vazquez crossed for that man, Cristiano Ronaldo, to head home his 12th goal of the campaign.
Cavani poked home on 71 minutes, but any thoughts of a comeback were abruptly ended when Casemiro’s shot took a big deflection and flew into the PSG net. Who’s next for Real Madrid and what’s next for PSG?
Liverpool 0-0 (5-0 on agg.) Porto
Despite starting with a five-goal lead—and with one eye on Saturday’s Premier League clash against Manchester United—Jurgen Klopp started with two of his three hot shots, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino, but they drew a huge blank! Substitute Danny Ings was the only man to test the Porto keeper with a fine header as we witnessed that rarest of events…a goalless draw at Anfield!
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