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PSG Reach First Ever CL Final Established 1961 Sport THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2020 Maeda loses no-hit bid but Koeman to take dream job Former NHL star Hawerchuk 14Twins win in 12th inning 15 at Barca, reveals Bartomeu 15 dies of cancer at 57 LISBON: Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian defender Marquinhos heads the ball and scores during the UEFA Champions League semi-final football match between Leipzig and Paris Saint-Germain at the Luz stadium in Lisbon. —AFP PSG reach first ever CL final Neymar and attacking stars align for PSG in pursuit of Champions League glory LISBON: Paris Saint-Germain are through to the Europe’s elite club competition since Monaco in They also need not feel the pressure of having to first time after his recent ankle injury. final of the Champions League for the first time after 2004. Nine years after Qatar Sports Investments perform in front of their expectant support — Mauro Icardi made way as that duo joined Ney- goals by Marquinhos, Angel Di Maria and Juan Bernat bought a moribund mid-table Ligue 1 team and began glimpse the other way inside Benfica’s cavernous sta- mar in a three-man attack. At the other end, Sergio saw them ease to a 3-0 win over RB Leipzig in a one- turning them into the untouchable force in France, dium and you really could forget there was a football Rico was rarely troubled as he stood in for injured sided semi-final in Lisbon on Tuesday. match being played. goalkeeper Keylor Navas. It was 2-0 at half-time, with the first two goals set Neymar nearly made it 2-0 with an audacious at- up by Neymar, the Brazilian again outstanding at the NO CONTEST tempt from a free-kick, almost catching out Peter Gu- Estadio da Luz, just as he had been in last week’s Then again, in many ways it was not much of a lacsi when he hit the post from way out on the right quarter-final against Atalanta. Outstanding match. A first ever European semi-final was a step too flank as everyone expected a cross. Bernat’s goal came in the 55th minute and snuffed far for Julian Nagelsmann’s young team, which fea- But Gulacsi gifted the French champions their sec- out any hopes Leipzig had of a comeback. They could performers tured seven outfield players aged between 21 and 24 ond just before the break. His poor pass out fell to not handle the world’s most expensive player, or the in the starting line-up and this time could not com- Leandro Paredes, and he returned it into the box and many other outstanding performers in the PSG side, pensate for the loss of star striker Timo Werner, sold on to Di Maria via an outrageous Neymar flick. Di who no longer appear overcome by the sense of occa- to Chelsea before the ‘Final Eight’ began. Maria controlled and slotted home. sion that surrounds a Champions League knockout tie. PSG had seen Neymar hit the post before they It was game over within 10 minutes of the second After seeming to invent ever more absurd ways to went ahead in the 13th minute. Neymar won a free- half starting. Leipzig thought Nordi Mukiele was lose in Europe in recent years — the 6-1 loss against kick just outside the box to the left. Di Maria swung fouled in the right-back position but the Dutch ref- Barcelona in 2017 and last year’s defeat by Manches- they are now one game away from winning the trophy in the dead ball and Marquinhos headed home. eree decided he had merely slipped. As play contin- ter United in the last 16 stand out — despite all the that really matters to them. The Brazilian defender, reinvented as a holding ued, Di Maria crossed for Bernat to head in. Tuchel, investment by the club’s Qatari owners, here they There is little doubt that the context in Lisbon is midfielder by Tuchel, does not score many but he had perched on a cool box in his technical area, pumped lived up their billing. helping. PSG have only needed to perform for 90 already saved PSG against Atalanta with his last- his fist in celebration. Bayern Munich and Lyon meet in the second semi- minutes instead of over two legs in the latter stages minute equaliser. Di Maria was making his comeback PSG are now hoping to become just the second final later for the right to face PSG in Sunday’s final. of this season’s competition, so badly impacted by the after suspension kept him out of the quarter-final. French winner of the trophy, 27 years after Marseille Thomas Tuchel’s team are the first French finalists in coronavirus pandemic. Kylian Mbappe was also fit enough to start for the won the inaugural Champions League. — AFP while LeBron James had 23 points, 17 boards and 16 regular season. Orlando reached those marks with Thunder with 29 points. Chris Paul, who was traded Top seeds fall in assists for the Lakers. Kyle Kuzma chipped in 14 second-leading scorer Evan Fournier held scoreless from Houston to Oklahoma City for Westbrook in points. Gary Trent Jr.’s 3-pointer with 1:15 remaining until hitting three key 3-pointers late in the fourth the offseason, added 20 after missing all five of his gave the Blazers a 98-93 edge after a dunk by Davis quarter to help seal the win. Giannis Antetokounmpo, first-quarter shots. Paul also contributed 10 re- playoff openers allowed the Lakers to close within two. A slam by the frontrunner to repeat as NBA MVP, finished with bounds and nine assists. Nurkic sealed it for Portland, which has won six of 31 points, 17 rebounds and seven assists. Vucevic, an its past seven in the bubble. All-Star, added 14 rebounds and four assists. MIAMI HEAT 113 - INDIANA PACERS 101 ORLANDO: Damian Lillard scored 34 points, and Tyler Herro’s jumper with 8:52 remaining broke a the eighth-seeded Portland Trail Blazers defeated the ORLANDO MAGIC 122 - MILWAUKEE HOUSTON ROCKETS 123 - OKLAHOMA tie and Miami ran away for a win over Indiana in the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers 100-93 in Game 1 BUCKS 110 CITY THUNDER 108 opener of their first-round Eastern Conference play- of their Western Conference opening-round Nikola Vucevic scored 35 points to propel eighth- James Harden scored 37 points to lift Houston off series. Jimmy Butler went for a game-high 28 matchup on Tuesday in the NBA bubble near Or- seeded Orlando to a surprising victory over top- to a win over Oklahoma City in Game 1 of their points and Goran Dragic 24 — including four key lando. CJ McCollum had 21 points and Jusuf Nurkic seeded Milwaukee in Game 1 of the Eastern Western Conference first-round series. Harden hoops down the stretch — for Miami, which beat the contributed 16 points and 15 rebounds for the Blaz- Conference first-round series. Orlando got off to a shot 12 of 22 from the field and added 11 rebounds. Pacers for the second time in three meetings since ers. Carmelo Anthony added 11 points and 10 re- fast start to take a double-digit lead, then held off the Without Russell Westbrook for the fifth time in six the NBA restart. T.J. Warren and Malcolm Brogdon bounds while Hassan Whiteside collected five blocks Bucks’ second-half runs. The Magic shot 49.4 per- games, the Rockets had few problems getting finished with 22 points apiece for Indiana, which beat to go along with eight rebounds and seven points. cent and made 16 3-pointers against a Milwaukee going offensively, combining for 76 points in the Miami 109-92 last Friday to earn the higher seeding Anthony Davis finished with 28 points and 11 boards defense that was rated the NBA’s best during the second and third quarters. Danilo Gallinari led the in the matchup. — Reuters.
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