A miracle goal by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia achieved a brilliant curling shot from team-mate Désiré Doué when Paris Saint-Germain defeated 3-1 with 3-1 on Wednesday in the first leg of the Champions of the Champions League.
The pair of lush strikes left PSG coach Luis Enrique after a game in which his team took a big step towards the semi -finals, rave about both players.
However, there was no doubt between Doués Tor and his teammates that Kvaratskhelia was the best of the night.
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“For a trainer like me it is so great to have a player like [Kvaratskhelia]With its mentality. He scored a brilliant goal, “said Luis Enrique about Kvaratskhelia.” We tried to sign him last summer and it didn't work.
“We signed him [in January] When we didn't really expect it. He has everything to be part of our project. “
Kvaratskhelia sprinted on the left of just over half and fascinated the defense of the villa in a snowstorm made of fast feet and excellent balance.
When he was at speed with the ball, which apparently glued to his right foot, he was on his left foot with a sudden change of direction before rolling the ball on his left foot in a smooth movement and rolling an unstoppable shot over the head of the Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez.
After Morgan Rogers Villa took the lead in the 35th minute, 19-year-old Doué pulled four minutes later with the 12th goal of his breakthrough season.
Kvaratskhelia introduced PSG four minutes after the break back and left and Nuno Mendes on the left in the stop time added a third goal with its own finish.
“I think the result reflects the difference between us and you,” said PSG coach Luis Enrique, whose team has greater firepower and showed more threats in the future. “Our goal is to keep the ball and be aggressive in attack.”
The backbone will take place in Villa Park next Tuesday.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia celebrates after she scored a goal for PSG against Aston Villa in the Champions League. Getty pictures
Kvaratskhelias Tor was exactly the kind of exertion that brought the wing swing to the nickname “Kvaradona” when he played for Napoli, with regard to the football -Maestro Diego Maradona – the greatest player of the Italian club – and the PSG trainer Luis Enrique.
Shortly after Kvaratskhelia's goal, Martínez made a big rescue volume against Achraf Hakimi's powerful shot when PSG pushed forward after a third goal.
The villa was in this phase of the competition for the first time since 1983 and dealt well with the early pressure before taking the lead with a well -worked destination.
The busy captain John McGinn won the ball in midfield and dived before he selected Marcus Rashford, the striker, who scored a winner for stoppage time for Manchester United six years ago. Rashford fed Youri Tielemans, who overlapped on the left, and he pressed a cross to the rear post, where Rogers was not marked, to improve.
The lead was short when Doué took the ball on the left of the penalty area, jumped past two players and rolled the ball together into the upper right corner.
“He has everything he needs to become a great player,” said Luis Enrique about Doué. “He really doesn't need much space to dribble.”
Martínez played long balls early to test the defense of PSG, but he was soon put into practice with a flying save in front of Ousmane Dembélés.
However, he couldn't do much against the goals that hit him, and Nuno Mendes showed a striker when he was on Dembélés Pass, cut into a defender and cleverly initiated the ball.
“We saw their last games and know how fatal and sharp they were,” said Rogers. “You have now made the world aware.”
But Villa coach Unai Emery believes that he can still remove the club, which he trained from 2016 to 18.
“I think we will win next week,” said Emery. “Villa Park is our home.”
