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Ancelotti said that the 24-year-old Sanchez conned the referee in order to win a penalty. Even though PSG have managed to draw the match, they are at a disadvantage in the tie due to the away goals conceded. Ancelotti has said that he has several occasions of Sanchez diving in order to win penalties. On the other hand, Ancelotti said that is extremely proud of his players to fight back on two occasions to level the match. Earlier, Lionel Messi has given Barcelona lead in the first half only to see their former striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic equalise in the 79th minute.

“Alexis looked for the goalkeeper, it was not a penalty. It was a gift from the referee. We have experience with Alexis, in the friendly in August he also dived. We know him. He likes to dive. It is nothing new. It was a good game. We played well in the first few minutes but it got complicated. We used a lot of energy to level the score. We have opportunities for the return game. It is still open, even if it will not be easy. We showed that we can compete against Barca,” said Ancelotti.

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These two teams had locked horns with each other three days back as well. PSG had won that match also by the same margin.

With this win, PSG made its way into the quarter finals of the tournament.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the hero of PSG’s victory in this match. Both the goals were scored by him.

Ibrahimovic had scored a goal in the last match against Marseille as well.

For this match, David Beckham was included in the starting line up of PSG and he played for 86 minutes.

Both the teams began the match in a steady manner.  There were not too many goal scoring chances created in the first 25 minutes.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic got an opportunity around half an hour mark, but, his shot was cleared by Steve Mandanda and that opportunity went begging.

Ibrahimovic made up for that lost chance just a few minutes later. Chantome’s long ball fell in the way of Ibrahimovic who went past Mandanda and then, slotted the ball into the post to take PSG ahead.

PSG earned a penalty in the 19^th minute of the second half and Ibrahimovic took the shot. The Swedish striker didn’t miss out on that chance. With a powerful shot, he sent the ball into the bottom corner of the net and made the score 2-0 in the favour of his side.

After that second goal, the PSG team changed its approach a bit. They were not attacking that much. They were just trying to make sure that they wouldn’t concede any goal. They succeeded in their intention. They didn’t let Marseille find the net even once and won the match comfortably.

PSG’s next match will be a Ligue 1 clash against Reims on Saturday.

French Football Video clip Score: 5 / 5

Ezequiel Lavezzi, Blaise Matuidi and Zoumana Camara were the goal scorers for PSG in the match against Arras. Lavezzi scored two goals.

Talking to the reporters in the press conference after the match, Ancelotti said, “winning is always nice, but, I am a bit disappointed with the margin of the victory. We should have won the match with a bigger margin. We got a pretty good start, but, towards the end, we gave them some easy opportunities which we shouldn’t have done. The performance of the defenders was below par today.”

“Our defenders had performed brilliantly in the last four matches and we hadn’t conceded even a single goal in those matches. But, today was not their day and they struggled.”

“However, the strikers did wonderfully well. They put Arras under a lot of pressure in the beginning.”

When asked if PSG management is interested in buying Mario Balotelli, Ancelotti said, “No, we are not planning to sign Balotelli. He is a great player and he has done well for Manchester City, but, we don’t need him at this point of time. We already have some fantastic attacking options available and we are not looking for any more strikers at the moment.”

There had been a few reports that Balotelli wants to leave Manchester City because of his issues with Roberto Mancini and PSG has shown interest in him. But, Ancelotti’s statement suggests that those reports were just rumours.

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French Soccer Movie Rating: four / five