For the fourth time in six seasons PSG crashed out inside the remaining 16 of a opposition they cherish maximum, finding extra approaches to lose a tie they ruled towards the thirteen-time European champions Real Madrid.
While much less astounding than the 2017 implosion in opposition to Barcelona at Camp Nou, Wednesday's meek disintegration from a position of power underlined the iconic fragility of a squad scarred by repeated screw ups.
Crucially, it became also a defeat that could spell the give up of Kylian Mbappe's time in Paris, together with his settlement up in July and an predicted dream pass to Madrid appearing all of the greater possibly.
The France superstar scored in each legs, and any other Mbappe masterclass in Spain had Madrid trailing 2-0 on aggregate earlier than Karim Benzema's 17-minute hat-trick floored PSG.
Beaten via one of their own, Paris-born Kingsley Coman, in the 2020 very last towards Bayern Munich, the trumpeted signing of Lionel Messi became purported to be the lacking piece of the jigsaw.
But it in reality hasn't passed off for the Argentine, proudly paraded by PSG in December after winning a seventh Ballon d'Or but who has appeared a shadow of the participant that reigned in Barcelona.
His neglected penalty inside the first leg must had been rendered insignificant, but the nature in which Mbappe, Messi and Neymar had been effectively taken out of the game once Madrid equalised on the night time at the Santiago Bernabeu ensured it might not be forgotten.
With best the league to focus on for the remainder of the campaign, the next few months might be a time for soul-searching after any other season of unfulfilled ambitions.
"It's going to be difficult because the goal for Paris Saint-Germain is chasing the Champions League. It has been for decades," said PSG instruct Mauricio Pochettino.
