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Neymar gives award to Choupo-Moting after PSG heroics in UEFA Champions League

Paris Saint-Germain superstar Neymar handed his man of the match award to Eric Choupo-Moting after his heroics in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday evening.

The star-studded PSG side were starring down the barrel at yet another Champions League exit as Atalanta held a 1-0 lead going into the final ten minutes of the thrilling quarter-final tie.

But the Cameroon captain who was sent on as a late substitute by coach Thomas Tuchel was instrumental in the historic turnaround, playing a crucial role in the equaliser and netting the stoppage-time winner.

As a result, Neymar, who dazzled on the evening in Lisbon handed his post-match award to the striker whose contract is set to expire at the end of the competition - a fact that was hailed by teammate Ander Herrera

"Choupo played an incredible 10 minutes. I absolutely want to talk about him," the Spain international told RMC Sport

"He's going to finish his contract but he's there, he's ready to help, he always does training as if it was the last training of his life."

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The 31-year-old who replaced Mauro Icardi revealed to BT Sport that he told himself he would turn the game around when Tuchel instructed him to warm up.

"It was a crazy game. A tough game against a tough opponent. It wasn't easy. Neymar had a great game," the towering forward said after helping them to their first semi-final since the 1994/95 season.

"I thought when I was coming on, 'We can't lose, we can't go home like this'. I was confident in myself and the team.

"We had a good feeling in the team. We are enjoying good moments on and off the pitch. We won four trophies but this one is the most important."

He added: "We believe in ourselves. Everyone knows we have top-quality individuals but we wanted to show team [work]. I'm very happy we did it today.

"It's a long time and we [have] never won the Champions League. With such a great team you have to have this ambition. We will give everything in the next game and continue to believe."

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