Paris Saint-Germain have been accused of mental fragility in this competition in the past, but they showed a never-say-die attitude to come back late in this quarter-final and reach the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in 25 years. The ball breaks, you have to say rather fortuitously, to Pasalic, who is in the inside right channel. It was a painful collapse for Atalanta, ending an improbable journey in their debut Champions League campaign in a season when the team's home city of Bergamo had been among the hardest hit regions of Europe from the coronavirus. 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They won the TdC in Shenzen all the way back in August 29019, more than a year ago in fact. Neymar missed some gilt-edged chances, including a sitter after just two minutes, but if his shooting boots had gone missing, his approach play still caused continuous problems for the Italian side. What a comeback. Cleared easily. Bernat goes into the book for a foul on Pasalic, and then immediately follows that up with... another foul, this time on Zapata. It is a brilliant move from PSG, Neymar picks it up and slides it to Mbappe on his outside, a lovely crisp cross in from Mbappe and there is the sub Choupo-Moting to slide in and score the tap in. As with the Europa League this week, these ties are just one-legged affairs, which should act as a further leveller alongside the empty stadiums, although it is pretty clear by now that having five subs really helps out the richer sides. Another corner, cleared. Marten de Roon picks it up 30 yards out and is allowed to wander forward and have a dibble. quintuple - they have already pouched the Trophée des Champions (that's the French Community Shield), Ligue 1, the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue, which is obvs the League Cup. Probing, passing, trying to work an angle. They have both been utter mince it is true. One of those fouls that you get more harshly judged on if you are six foot plenty, like big Duvan Zapata is. Telegraph tipster James Mason, not the guy in the bible epics as far as I know, haven't met him in person, has a handy betting preview of this fixture for sportswomen and sportsmen who fancy a midweek flutter. Tough old business. Other than Beckham, he was the best crosser of a ball I have seen: he was playing centre forward when I had him, I turned him into a wing-back and he was brilliant.". Oh Paris! Darren Fletcher reports that they lost 6,000 people to Covid out of a population of 120,000 in Bergamo. Neymar will be complaining about his boots or the turf at half-time I am quite sure. An amazing miss. All these subs are very distracting. But PSG have also been strong defensively in the Champions League so far and the best bet is for PSG to score more than 1.5 goals at around 4/6 (1.66). Hard to say but the finish was a treat either way. He breaks now down the left and has a clear shot at the goal - but he's hoofed that one a mile wide as well! De Roon tries to foul Neymar but Neymar shrugs it off, eventually he is stopped and the ref takes the chance to give de Roon a justified yellow. PSG vs. Atalanta score: Paris Saint-Germain stun with two late goals, advance to Champions League semifinals Marquinhos and Choupo-Moting scored in the dying minutes to give PSG the win But Atalanta's defence was well back to be fair. Seven games in 12 days, says Fletcher. There's a disjointed, two-part look to the PSG side. Now Kehrer fouls Goosens, the freekick is swung into the area and Djimsiti plants a header.... wide. deRoon with a robust, but fair, challenge on Neymar who appears to be seriously hurt by it, oh no, he's fine. Gomez and Hateboer are having the run of the place down the right for them, dunno if that is because Neymar isn't tracking back, or some other reason, but there's plenty to think about for the left side of the PSG team. Marquinhos closes him down eventually but he was allowed too long on the ball there. What's up with him tonight? Also really interesting from GH: "Sometimes you go into a club and you have a feeling someone would do better in another position, Darren Anderton for me, and Nicky Summerbee. Atalanta 1-2 PSG: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scores stoppage-time winner to complete comeback. Oh a brilliant clearing header from Djimsiti, he's saved a goal there pretty much. PSG have the first use of the ball, playing it around at the back. Bergamo, which is where Atalanta is, has suffered terribly: Lombardy one of the real hotspots. His header tipped around the post. The game enters its final quarter and it seems fairly clear that we are looking at Attack v Defence from here on out. Atalanta were the clear underdogs, but the free-scoring Italian side had the best of the first 45 minutes and justly led 1-0 at half-time thanks to Mario Pasalic's sweet strike. Was it a fortunate break of did Zapata spot him and stab the ball to Mario P? Feels like it. This could be a really entertaining half with a bit of luck. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. Scuffs it tamely! I mean, Lisbon's no Wythenshawe. Think he might have had a wee word with Bernat to say, chill, son. Atalanta: Sportiello, Toloi, Caldara, Djimsiti, Hateboer, de Roon, Freuler, Gosens, Gomez, Pasalic, Zapata. Neymar, who's at Citi Field today, better at soccer than baseball: pic.twitter.com/Gi4tkmq35I. Subs: Mbappe, Paredes, Sergio Rico, Choupo-Moting, Diallo, Draxler, Bakker, Kalimuendo, Bulka, Dagba, Mbe Soh, Ruiz-Atil. Paris Saint-Germain have been accused of mental fragility in this competition in the past, ... the first one a howler, Atalanta look quicker, ... Atalanta score 2.6 goals per League. A long old season. Mbappe is apparently rated fit enough for 30 minutes so I guess we will see him at some point perhaps. Oooh, the drama, the cruelty of it all. His precise ball into the area was played back across by Neymar, which caused a scramble that saw Marquinho bundle home on 90 minutes, although there was a suggestion that an Atalanta player got the last touch. What a miss from Neymar! But he can do no better than a tame chip that's dead easy for Sporto. Mbappe yet again, down the left, he goes out wide, taking a bit too long, and the tackle comes in. He's hardly been involved for 20 minutes. Busiest man on the pitch at the moment is Navas.. a couple of handy saves, Papu Gomez crosses for Hans Hateboer. Atalanta vs PSG: Predictions, betting tips, odds & match preview Atalanta are the first Champions League debutants to reach the quarter-finals since Leicester City did in the 2016/17 campaign. What will really sting though is that they then added a second in the dying embers. Djimsiti the first man in the book , and justly so: a calculated foul on Icardi, who was away there. live blog is here, team news for the match between Paris Saint Germain and Atalanta will be with us an hour or so before kick off, which is at 20.00 UK time. He's alright. That was a stroke of fortune. Talking of MUFC, there's another old boy,  Ander Herera, being fouled. That is the last action and PSG are going to be in the semis. Navas has finally decided he will come off after all thanks. Freekick to Atalanta, and it drops for Berat Djimsiti... he slices the dipping ball wide. He places it with real style past the keeper and there's no stopping that. K Mbappe is off and running without delay, looks plenty fit enough as he tears down that inside right channel, crosses but cannot find a colleague. Seems reasonable to me. Mbappe and the rest on the bench looked stunned. They have just the  1996 Cup Winners' Cup in their European trophy cabinet, beating Rapid Vienna on that occasion, and the 2001 Intertoto. They have done it, and with five minutes left, the Atalanta players need to pick themselves up sharpish. Neymar picks it up outside the box, the old soft shoe and he's through, magnificent work in the build up and now he just has to finish. Gosens and Zapata off for  Castagne and Da Riva. Steve McManaman riding shotgun. He's racing clean through down the centre, leaving everyone in his wake with his pace, he dummies the keeper and goes to slot it home but has missed by three yards from ten. Pasalic on this occasion although no threat on the header. for Cheshire's own Referee Anthony Taylor. Neymat looks to hit back straight away, nutmegging the goalscorer Pasalic, cutting in from the left and fizzing his shot just wide. What a talent that lad is. I like Macca, don't see why he gets such a hard time. Awful. Atalanta vs PSG LIVE REACTION: Marquinhos and Choupo-Moting score in dying moments to stun underdogs in thrilling tie. He's coming off though, and it is Sergio Rico who will go in goal. Atalanta vs Paris Saint-Germain: Prediction. The ball, for a rare change, is down at the PSG end. Great tackled from Malinovskiy ends a dangerous move. Very nice man, and a good commentator, in my view. Brilliant, brilliant finish! Sorry. The Atalanta goal was a peach of a strike and to be perfectly honest, it'd be a much more appealing and exciting result for football if they can hang on. This is the first of the quarter-finals, which are being played in Lisbon in financially essential fun little mini tournament that maybe makes the lack of the Euros this summer not quite so bad for football fans.

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