AL RAYYAN (QATAR) (ITALPRESS) – In the night as a hero of the second goalkeeper Safonov, the Psg wins the Intercontinental Cup against Flamengo. The European champion team climbed for the first time on the roof of the world and did so from the secondary door, after losing in summer the World Club final against Chelsea.
In Al Rayyan, Qatar, it is a night of regrets for the formation of Filipe Luis, reduced from the double success in the championship and in Libertadores, appeared less than the opponents only from eleven meters, where the extreme defender of the Parisians was able to neutralize four penalty (Saul, Pedro, Pereira and Luiz Araujo) in the series from the floppy after the 1-1 of 120′.
The Brazilian obstacle, however, was a mountain to climb for the Parisians, anything but dominant in Ligue 1 where they are second behind the Lens, with a Dembele competing in course and author of an error from the disk in the final series. From 1′ the Psg’s crushed version leaves room for the opaque but cynical version, which in the first time knows how to exploit at least the very few errors opponents. At 9′ the Var cancels the goal of Fabian Ruiz for the ball exit on the short side of the field before the wrong referral of Rossi. The marker tabellino is still a family affair among the former Naples.
At 38′′ Doue crossa in the center, Rossi misses the exit and favours the Kvaratskhelia’s winning tap. At 62′ Jorginho draw: Marquinhos stretches De Arrascaeta in the area, from the eleven meters (after the intervention of the Var) goes the Italian-Brazilian midfielder that spys in his way Safonov. This is serious and Luis Enrique cannot afford experiments. At 64′ there is Mayulu’s rejection, which entered the first time to replace the injured Lee and called back on the bench to make room for Barcola. At 78′ the time of Dembele. The Golden Ball in charge – and yesterday rewarded with the Best Fifa Award – suffered the ball of 2-1, but on its safe beating touch in the area there is the decisive opposition of Pereira. In the final it is the Flamengo to have the opportunity of the advantage, but Pedro (84′) and Plata (86′) waste at the time of the shooting. Even more clamorous is the occasion on the last ball of the match: Dembele sterza in the area and performs a cross shot, Marquinhos coordinates badly and does not deposit the ball on the net from two steps. Only in the final of the second additional time the Psg manages to crush the Flamengo, but without being able to find the goal.
You go to the rigours and you do first to say who scores. For the Flamengo in Gol De La Cruz, for the Psg Vitinha and Nuno Mendes. Then the errors: Dembele shoots high, Barcola gets hypnotized by Rossi. But the protagonist is Safonov who denies the goal to the other four Brazilian shooters. A masterpiece also for France: Psg is the first transalpine team to graduate world champion.
IL TABELLINO
PSG (4-3): Safonov 9; Zaire-Emery 6, Marquinhos 5, Pacho 6, Nuno Mendes 5.5; Joao Neves 6, Vitinha 5.5, Fabian Ruiz 6 (1’sts Ndjantou); Lee 6 (35’pt Mayulu 5, 19’st Barcola 5.5), Doué 6.5 (33’st Dembele 6), Kvaratskhelia 7 (1’pts Mbaye 6). On the bench: Chevalier, Marin, Beraldo, Zabarnyi, Hernandez, Ramos. Coach: Luis Enrique 5.5.
FLAMENGO (4-2-3-1): Rossi 6; Varela 6, Ortiz 6.5, Pereira 6.5, Alex Sandro 6.5; Pulgar 6.5 (29’st De La Cruz 6), Jorginho 7 (29’st Saul 5.5); Carrascal 5 (11’st Pedro 6), De Arrascaeta 7 (29’st Everton 6), Plata 6.5 (3’sts Lino sv); Bruno Henrique 6 (47’st L.Araujo 6). On the bench: Dyogo Alves, Ayrton Lucas, Danilo, Emerson, E.Araujo, Yan, Juninho, Michael. Coach: Filipe Luis 6.5.
ARBITRO: Ismail Elfath (Usa) 5.5
RETI: 38’pt Kvaratskhelia, 17’st Jorginho (rig).
REQUEST: De La Cruz (gol), Vitinha (gol), Saul (parate), Dembele (alto), Pedro (parate), Nuno Mendes (gol), Pereira (parato), Barcola (parato), L.Araujo (parato).
NOTES: evening serene, soil in good condition.
Ammoniti: Jorginho, Alex Sandro, Ruiz, Vitinha, Pulgar, Pacho, Plata, Saul, Juninho.
Angles: 10-3.
Recovery: 5′ pt, 4′ st, 1′ pts, 1′ sts.
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