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Numbers: Di Maria level with Messi; free-scoring PSG equal Real Madrid

They have done it, at long last. After years of relative underachievement, Paris Saint-Germain will now await one of Bayern Munich or Lyon in the UEFA Champions League final. Here then, are the best stats from their comprehensive 3-0 over RB Leipzig.

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This is PSG's first European Cup/Champions League final. They now become the 5th French club to reach the final, joining Reims (1956, 1959), AS Saint-Étienne (1976), Marseille (1991, 1993) and Monaco (2004). Only the 1993 vintage Marseille side ended up winning the title.

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This one's slightly unexpected. Neymar's assist to Angel Di Maria was the first time ever that the Brazilian had given a pass for a goal scored by the Argentina winger. For context, since Neymar joined PSG in 2017-18, there have been 38 different assist-to-goalscorer combinations that have had more goals in the team than Neymar-to-Di Maria.
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When RB Leipzig's Tyler Adams came on in the 64th minute for Kevin Kampl, he became only the second US international to play in the UCL semifinals after DaMarcus Beasley (PSV, 2005).

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PSG's 3-0 win is the largest margin of victory by a French club in a UCL match after the Round of 16.

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Nobody has kept more clean sheets (7) or conceded fewer goals (5) this UCL season than PSG.

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Bayern and PSG are only teams left in the competition with a chance to complete the Treble this season (league title, domestic cup and European Cup/UCL). If they do win the whole thing outright, PSG could become the eighth different team in Europe's top five leagues (and first French team) to win the Treble.

It may be noted here, though, that Lyon's all-conquering women's team have won the Women's European Treble on four occasions.

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