The Champions League is the tournament in Keylor Navas. If anyone had the slightest doubt, this has already been removed by the killer who detained him. Lionel Messi in an important moment of this Wednesday’s match between PSG Yes Barcelona which served to guide the French team to the quarterfinals.
Keylor Navas came in off the bench and was replaced by Ousmane Dembelé in the first ten minutes.
Although the filming was simple and easily controlled by Keylor Navas I have already seen a goalkeeper 100% focused on looking to be a guarantee for his teammates.
The next stop was about 17 minutes when Dembelé crossed his left foot and Keylor Navas He was there with his magic hand to deflect it into what appeared to be a goal, later Serginho Dest went very close with a right-footed shot, made a shot that the Costa Rican put in his hand and the ball fell horizontally. .
Barcelona had the best minutes on the field, they continued in a siege that made the Paris defense work 100% to avoid the violation.
However, in the few attacks he had PSG The first error ended up in a fall of Clement Lenglet inside the penalty area, although it seems that Mauro Icardi does not touch him. The game was reviewed in the VAR and it was established that it was a penalty and the person responsible for turning it into a goal was Kylian Mbappé in the 30th minute.
KEKEEEEEYLOOOOOOOOOOR! 🇨🇷
Goalkeeper Tico already had his first intervention of the match to save PSG. 🤩
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Night seemed to be coming after him Barcelona but Lionel Messi He was not ready to leave without a fight and so, just seven minutes later, he pulled a ball out of the area and fired a cannon shot that went straight into the net before Keylor Navas that, although it stretched, it did not even stop it.
What reflections! 🔥
Keylor deflects the ball incredibly and drowns Dest’s scream for the goal. https://t.co/D4lFRvE9RH
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Boat he became ambitious and looked for the goal from the advantage, because he had to score three more goals to lead the game in overtime.
Until a decisive moment of the match, Layvin Kurzawa awarded a penalty to Antoine Griezmann and Lionel Messi he was ready to replace him with the second goal for the Catalans. However, Keylor did not manage to connect with it, as his team mates had hoped, and the ball went out.
Sublime moment lived Keylor Navas, who at other times had faced the Argentine star from eleven steps, but until Wednesday he managed to say no and with this he expands his legend as a goalkeeper in world football.
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If he had scored that goal, the history of this series could have been different, since he had 45 minutes left in the game and the Catalans would have needed only two goals to equalize, however, Tico showed once again that is a top level football player.
In addition, Boat He kept trying to force his way through on the right side and Mauricio Pochettino got his chance after 80 minutes, but the home side’s defense held their position and stopped the attack.
Lionel Messi He remained uneasy, but did not find the space to cause danger. In the nearest, Marquinhos and the entire Parisian back appeared to refuse his shot.
The other clear chance the visitor had was over 68 minutes when a corner kick was sent right into Lenglet’s head and Keylor Navas he reacted again with a life-saving slap.
KEYLOR once again 🔥
The tico is in legend mode 🧤https: //t.co/zUL9BJcGhl
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With this result, the series ends with an overall score of 5-2 in favor PSG advancing to the quarterfinals of the Champions League in what for many would be the last game of Lionel Messi in this competition wearing the shirt Barcelona, because the contract ends next month and could change the team.