Lionel Messi scores and misses penalty against PSG as Barca bow out of Champions League
SMA NEWS – Champions League
Barcelona pepper PSG goal with 16 shots in first half but couldn’t force a miraculous comeback after losing the first leg 4-1; Lionel Messi scored with a thumping 30-yard drive but missed a penalty at a key time
PSG survived a first-half onslaught from Barcelona, where Lionel Messi scored but missed a penalty, to draw 1-1 and progress 5-2 on aggregate in the Champions League.
Ronald Koeman’s side needed to score four goals for the tie to swing in their favour in Paris and started like a team capable of producing them with Ousmane Dembele wasting some glorious early chances.
It was to be PSG who opened the scoring when referee Antony Taylor awarded a penalty via the use of the pitchside monitor to deem that Mauro Icardi had been fouled off the ball by Clement Lenglet. The penalty was dispatched by Kylian Mbappe as he became the youngest player in Champions League history to reach 25 goals in the competition, taking the mantle from Messi.
