After the semi-final defeat to Manchester City, we look back on another Champions League campaign full of emotion.
Despite being unable to go to the stadium, the Parisian fans have made the team feel their support throughout the season. United behind the players, the supporters have brandished their colours proudly right around the world.
🔴 #𝗪𝗲𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 🔵 https://t.co/xIrXkQuSTZ
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) May 4, 2021
The campaign didn't start well with the loss at home to Manchester United. The team bounced back with victory at Basaksehir thanks to two Moise Kean goals. Angel Di Maria opened the scoring in Leipzig - the last game of the first half of a hectic three-week group stage - but the capital club slipped to a 2-1 defeat in Germany.
Up against it, the squad knew a reaction was required over the next three matches. Three successive wins showed that, starting with the 1-0 victory over Leipzig at the Parc, and then a 3-1 triumph at Old Trafford against Manchester United. Twenty minutes from time at 'The Theatre of Dreams', the scoreline was 1-1, but Marquinhos put his side ahead with one of his three goals in the competition. That meant that when Basaksehir came to Paris a week later, the Rouge-et-Bleu had their destiny in their own hands - they took it with a 5-1 win in exceptional circumstances.
FC Barcelona were next up, reviving memories of a long-standing rivalry. Paris came out fighting at the Camp Nou with a 4-1 win - and a Kylian Mbappé hat-trick - a benchmark performance. The 1-1 draw in the second leg secured a match-up with another familiar foe, Bayern Munich.
The repeat of last season's final ended more happily with a 3-2 victory in a crazy first leg in Germany where Mbappé shone in the snow as the Parisians saw a 2-0 lead slip only to then come through to win.
Bayern won the return 1-0, despite an excellent Paris performance - the hosts were without the injured Marquinhos - and Neymar Jr taking centre stage as Mauricio Pochettino's men reached the last four of the competition.
A second semi-final appearance, the third French team to achieve the feat, but City would end the dream there. But the whole Parisian family can be proud and rest assured, we'll be back.