Paris resisted first-half pressure to earn a 1-1 draw at the Parc des Princes and eliminate Barcelona 5-2 on aggregate in their round of 16 tie.
Paris vs Barcelona: match as it happened, reaction
Match in brief
Barcelona's purposeful opening was understandable given their 4-1 first-leg reverse and Keylor Navas was tested twice by Ousmane Dembélé early on. But they fell behind when Clément Lenglet clipped Mauro Icardi and Kylian Mbappé converted the resulting penalty for his fourth goal of the tie.
Ronald Koeman's team responded impressively as Lionel Messi thumped in a glorious drive from distance and they would have led at the break had Navas not deflected the Argentinian's spot kick against the bar after Layvin Kurzawa fouled Antoine Griezmann.
Mauricio Pochettino's men heeded that warning, though, and were far more compact after half-time, Marquinhos epitomising their determination with a diving block to thwart Messi. A comeback never looked on the cards from that moment onwards as Barça's run of 13 straight quarter-final appearances came to a tame end.
Player of the Match: Keylor Navas (Paris)
"The goalkeeper ensured the game stayed goalless for a long period and then kept his team in it by saving the penalty just before half-time."
Corinne Diacre, UEFA Technical Observer
Check out every official UEFA Champions League Player of the Match.
Chris Burke, Paris reporter
Paris go through and the aggregate scoreline will suggest this was a one-sided contest. The first leg undoubtedly was, but here the French champions flirted with danger – if not outright disaster. Crucially, the key moments fell their way, Paris winning a penalty against the run of play, Navas saving one just before the interval, and the visitors unable to convert chances. Every successful team needs luck, but Pochettino surely hoped for a more controlled display after his side's Camp Nou heroics.
Graham Hunter, Barcelona reporter
Although there will be psychological pain at departing the UEFA Champions League in the round of 16 for the first time in 14 years, Paris have probably done Barcelona a favour with this win. Koeman has resculpted his team in a remarkably short space of time. They are quick, confident, dip in and out of playing systems and are fun to watch. But across these matches they've come up short physically, in concentration and in taking chances. Sort that out and Barcelona will be back for real.
Reaction
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Key stats
• Mbappé (22 years and 80 days) became the youngest player to score 25 UEFA Champions League goals, taking the record from Messi (22 years and 286 days).
• Paris have scored in their last 23 UEFA Champions League home matches.
• There has been a total of 33 goals scored in the last eight UEFA Champions League games between these sides – an average of 4.1 goals per game.
• Barcelona have failed to reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2006/07, halting a sequence of 13 successive last-eight appearances.
• Messi's goal was his 120th in 149 UEFA Champions League outings; Cristiano Ronaldo took 150 games to reach 120.
• The Argentinian forward has converted 16 of his 20 penalties in the UEFA Champions League but that was his first failure since 2015.
Line-ups
Paris: Navas; Florenzi (Dagba 76), Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Kurzawa (Diallo 46); Gueye (Danilo 59), Paredes, Verratti (Rafinha 84); Draxler (Di María 59), Icardi, Mbappé
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Dest (Francisco Trincão 66), Mingueza (Junior Firpo 35), Lenglet, Alba; De Jong, Busquets (Moriba 79), Pedri (Pjanić 79); Messi, Griezmann, Dembélé (Braithwaite 79)
What's next?
The quarter-final and semi-final draws will be streamed live on UEFA.com from midday CET on Friday 19 March. There are no seedings or country protection.
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