{"id":25338,"date":"2024-04-11T09:02:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T09:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/04\/11\/paris-st-germain-2-3-barcelona-raphinha-outshines-kylian-mbappe-as-youngsters-break-records\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T09:02:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T09:02:51","slug":"paris-st-germain-2-3-barcelona-raphinha-outshines-kylian-mbappe-as-youngsters-break-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/paris-st-germain-2-3-barcelona-raphinha-outshines-kylian-mbappe-as-youngsters-break-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris St-Germain 2-3 Barcelona: Raphinha outshines Kylian Mbappe as youngsters break records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong>The first legs of the Champions League quarter-finals have delivered.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And, none more so than Barcelona\u2019s trip to Paris St-Germain as the five-time winners came from behind to earn a 3-2 victory before next Tuesday\u2019s second leg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Former Leeds winger Raphinha shone in Paris, as Kylian Mbappe failed to impress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There were also some record-breaking teenagers in Barcelona\u2019s side, who showed brilliant resolve in the face of a hostile Parisian crowd when they were trailing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u2018First-class\u2019 Raphinha delivers<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Brazil winger Raphinha had never scored in the Champions League before Wednesday\u2019s tie in Paris, but you wouldn\u2019t have known it with the quality of his finishes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For his opener, he capitalised on a mistake from Gianluigi Donnarumma to sweep home a loose ball.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">His second, which pulled Barcelona back level, showed superb skill as he watched Pedri\u2019s clipped pass come over his shoulder before he volleyed home with the outside of his left foot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI thought Raphinha was first class,\u201d said 2007 Champions League runner-up Peter Crouch on TNT Sports. \u201cThere was so much to admire technically about his second goal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Barcelona boss Xavi told TNT Sports: \u201cRaphinha and Robert Lewandowski made the difference and Pedri helped us a lot. I\u2019m very happy and very proud of the team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/paris-st-germain-2-3-barcelona-raphinha-outshines-kylian-mbappe-as-youngsters-break-records\/\">Paris St-Germain 2-3 Barcelona: Raphinha outshines Kylian Mbappe as youngsters break records<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first legs of the Champions League quarter-finals have delivered. And, none more so than Barcelona\u2019s trip to Paris St-Germain as the five-time winners came from behind to earn a 3-2 victory before next Tuesday\u2019s second leg. Former Leeds winger Raphinha shone in Paris, as Kylian Mbappe failed to impress. There were also some record-breaking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}