Paris Saint-Germain advanced to the Champions League quarterfinals with a 2-1 (6-1 aggregate win) over Bayer Leverkusen.
Having established a 4-0 lead after the first leg in Germany, PSG was all but assured of a quarterfinal berth.
Leverkusen apparently did not get the memo. They came out very aggressive and were quickly ahead with a goal by Sidney Sam after six minutes, but the hosts responded with the equalizer just seven minutes later thanks to a Marquinhos header.
Leverkusen would continue to make life a little nervy for PSG and had another chance after 30 minutes when they were awarded a penalty. However, Simon Rolfes had his penalty kick stopped by PSG keeper Salvatore Sirigu.
Ezequiel Lavezzi scored the go-ahead goal for the host within the first ten minutes of the second half. Any thought of a miracle comeback by Leverkusen was ended when they lost Emre Can to a second yellow card for diving, reducing to visitors to ten men.
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