Paris Saint-Germain defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-0 inside an empty Parc des Princes on Wednesday night and advanced to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2016.
Neymar Jr. scored his second goal of the tie in the 28th minute—a rare diving header at that—and Juan Bernat doubled the lead in stoppage time right before halftime.
Miraculously, PSG held on for the final 45 minutes and kept a clean sheet against one of the most prolific attacking teams in Europe. It was exactly the type of performance PSG fans hoped for but rarely see especially at this stage of the Champions League.
It was a shocking victory and one that will be remembered in Paris and around the world for years. After the final whistle, social media lit up with hot takes, memes, criticism, and a lot of butt-hurt PSG haters trying to take away from the win.
I combed Twitter so you don’t have to and found the best of the best. Enjoy:
QUARTERFINALS #ALLEZPARIS pic.twitter.com/53kuaSdoNC
— Ben Gumbel (@Ben_Gumbel) March 11, 2020
When Witsel asks how many goals to get eliminated. #PSGBVB https://t.co/wQU4YSme4K pic.twitter.com/VJOsZ6hMab
— Prince ❶ (@PrinceduParc) March 11, 2020
"You are not in danger. You are just eliminated !" #PSGBVB https://t.co/a1W8mG0pss pic.twitter.com/ms64M7yRHt
— Prince ❶ (@PrinceduParc) March 11, 2020
Signs that the world is ending…
1. Coronavirus
2. Biggest Asteroid in history heading towards Earth
3. PSG advance to the Champions League Quarter Finals— ⚽️442oons⚽️ (@442oons) March 11, 2020
Congratulations to PSG on reaching the quarter finals. In big games you know big players.
NEYMAR is one.
Seeing how he was vibrating before the game i suspected he was on a mission.— Amo el exito (@I_Love_Success) March 11, 2020
PSG finally made the quarter finals only for them to suspend the UCL the next day pic.twitter.com/zQjv3OkhL4
— Peter (@WeWantOleOut) March 11, 2020
Seems their relationship improved @PSGTalk pic.twitter.com/3p7aHPXXyQ
— Liam🗼 (@PSGvsUEFA) March 11, 2020
Our city, not yours 💉💉💉 #neymar #PSGBVB pic.twitter.com/J6iPuR5wN9
— Footeuse (@Foooteuse) March 11, 2020
P🗼R I S our city, not yours 👌🏽 #PSGBVB #PSG pic.twitter.com/1gN7slwzyA
— 🅹🅴🆂🆄🆂 (@reyesj__) March 11, 2020
I will say, Gana absolutely proved his value tonight. He was OUTSTANDING in the middle of the park. @PSGTalk
— Thomas Lash (@tlash20) March 11, 2020
Kimpembe vs Haaland 2nd leg highlights
pic.twitter.com/bmcGRw6KzW— nkunku’s #1 fan (@PSGIsLife) March 11, 2020
Haaland is not going to like this (when Kimpembe let’s him out of his pocket that is 😉) https://t.co/bm3QvxiRL6
— Matt Spiro (@mattspiro) March 11, 2020
💛🖤💛 @blackyellow pic.twitter.com/dGzMIM21l8
— DJ SNAKE (@djsnake) March 11, 2020
Layvin Kurzawa celebrated with the fans outside the stadium after the PSG victory…..don’t think anyone is worried about coronavirus after that victory #PSGBVB https://t.co/UglW5i0HSy
— Lisa Leroux (@lisalleroux) March 11, 2020
Did Haland not play today?? I thought he scores 10 goals a game. 🤔 #PSGBVB
— ααяση (@rolemodel_89) March 11, 2020
3) PSG never really did solve the Dortmund puzzle, but did just enough offensively
4) Kehrer was tremendous, so was Bernat, so was Gueye, so was Cavani. The individual defending was heroic in a sporting context. #PSGBVB
— Marc Damon (@MarcDamon1) March 11, 2020
Yeah…Dortmund deserves everything they got tonight. Especially Haaland..dude needed to be humbled a bit. #PSGBVB https://t.co/fUDbYFjFWZ
— Marc Damon (@MarcDamon1) March 11, 2020
the pathway for PSG is about to open up https://t.co/I7Zrbb1K5b
— Caught Offside (@COsoccerpod) March 11, 2020
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