An unknown player helped PSG escape defeat in the 90+3 minute.

Willian Pacho, a name unfamiliar to most fans, produced an impressive piece of skill that helped PSG secure a place in the semi-finals of the 2024/25 Champions League.

Willian Pacho dived to block the ball with his right thigh, saving PSG from conceding a goal.

Since Luis Enrique took over, PSG have reached the Champions League semi-finals in two consecutive seasons. This is something PSG have only achieved five times in their history. But unlike last season, when PSG won more thanks to individual moments than to overall play, they played convincingly and displayed a high level of collective skill.

One of the reasons for this transformation was Willian Pacho. The Ecuadorian center-back was signed for a fee of nearly 50 million euros. When he arrived in Paris, he wasn't a big-name star, but the PSG management saw in Pacho something that many hadn't: the ideal defensive shield alongside Marquinhos.

And he demonstrated exactly that at the most crucial moment. In the 90+3 minute of the second leg of the quarter-final at Villa Park on the morning of April 16th, when the Parisian team held a slender advantage, a powerful volley from Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) seemed to send the game into extra time.

That was the moment Pacho lunged to block the ball with his right thigh, shattering the home team's last hopes. The cameras captured Unai Emery collapsing on the sidelines, and PSG advanced straight to the semi-finals.

"Luis Enrique and his teammates now owe Pacho a dinner, because without that miraculous intervention, PSG's Champions League dream could have vanished in an instant," wrote Mundo Deportivo .

Having overcome Aston Villa in a thrilling 5-3 aggregate victory, PSG will face either Arsenal or Real Madrid in the semi-finals of this season's Champions League.

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