PSG reach first Champions League final with win over Leipzig

by Reuters, CNA19 August 2020 Last updated at 11:37 AM

Soccer Football - Champions League - Semi Final - RB Leipzig v Paris St Germain - Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal - August 18, 2020 Paris St Germain's Marquinhos scores their first goal. (Reuters)
Soccer Football - Champions League - Semi Final - RB Leipzig v Paris St Germain - Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal - August 18, 2020 Paris St Germain's Marquinhos scores their first goal. (Reuters)

VTV.vn - Paris St Germain reached their first ever Champions League final with a convincing 3-0 win over RB Leipzig on Tuesday (Aug 18), finally delivering the reward of the biggest game in European football for their Qatari backers.

Goals from Marquinhos and Angel Di Maria put PSG 2-0 up at the interval and Juan Bernat added the third in the 56th minute for what was a comfortable victory at the Estadio da Luz.

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