The other teams into the quarterfinals are Madrid, Manchester City, andLiverpool.
The win is for the fans, it was difficult, but we deserved to go through, we needed them.
We lost the first leg and the fans pushed us to give everything until the end. It's difficult. We know that they like to have the ball. We played our game in the second half after we started well, we had chances, but didn't take them, and they scored on the counter.
When we press we can beat any team, it is about pressing as a team, everyone in their position, and with the fans. Every game is a final for us. Real Madrid are alive today.
Both teams started well but it was Paris Saint-Germain who had the better of the early chances and Courtois had to deny Mbappe twice.
After 25 minutes, Donnarumma produced a stunning save from Benzema.
Less than 10 minutes later, Mbappe thought he had given the visitors the lead, but his goal was ruled out because Nuno Mendes was in an ineligible position.
Five minutes later, Madrid were powerless to stop Mbappe from opening the scoring when he beat the trap and scored.
After the break, Mbappe thought he had scored again, but his stunning finish was ruled out for being an obstruction.
After the hour mark, Benzema capitialsed on Donnarumma's poor error to make it 2-2.
Vinicius Junior had a great chance to level the scores on aggregate 10 minutes later, but his close-range shot went over the bar.
Benzema made no mistake minutes later to make it 2-2 aggregate and then completed a sensational hat trick seconds later.
The France international scored his 309th goal for Madrid in all competitions, passing Alfredo Di Stefano for third most in club history.
Despite reaching the semifinals last season and the 2020 final, Paris Saint-Germain are still looking for their first European title.
It was a clear foul by Benzema on the goalkeeper, and the team had a mental breakdown after that. It is a shame.
Carlo Ancelotti said after the game that it was special because they won after a difficult game. It got more complicated after he scored. We had a hard time getting the ball back. We pressed them, we practiced that in training, and then we got the first goal and the fans started to believe more and more, it was spectacular, we are obviously very happy.
We started well, with energy, then little by little we had more difficulties to press, they use the ball very well, they have players with quality, we suffered but that was normal. Sometimes we left Mbappe one-on-one and that can make your life complicated. We needed the goal. The atmosphere in the stadium changed after that. The last half hour was amazing.
When the team is tired, you should rotate. I took Toni off because he was tired. Rodrygo and Eduardo Camavinga gave us a boost.
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