Paris Saint-Germain is not playing spectacularly, but it is efficient. The French win the top match in the Champions League on Tuesday 2-0. Embarrassment in their own stadium sets it off for Real Madrid and RB Leipzig.
Lionel Messi (left) celebrates with Neymar – PSG wins the top game in the Champions League.
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Now Lionel Messi has finally arrived in Paris. In the 73rd minute, the Argentine made it 2-0 for Paris Saint-Germain – Messi’s 121st goal in the Champions League, the first he did not score for FC Barcelona. Everything looked the same as always, only the jersey was different. The stupendous technique, the precision, the casualness – that’s how he decided the prestige duel with Manchester City and thus the game against Pep Guardiola, the coach who made Messi the footballer who is so unique during their years together at Barça.
It was a deceptive result, it was clearer than it was the game: Already in the In the eighth minute, midfielder Idrissa Gueye scored for Paris, massive, precise, a breathtaking goal. But then the game belonged entirely to the Citizens. Paris Saint-Germain, sworn to counterattack by coach Mauricio Pochettino, hardly got a chance, as Manchester almost never lost the ball, and if the worst came to the worst, they usually got it back.
And there was the scene in the 26th minute that stunned: Raheem Sterling came from the shortest distance to the header. He heaved the ball against the crossbar of Paris Saint-Germain. A big chance, but then Bernardo Silva had a depressing appearance: Silva was ready to use the rebound, but he also only hit the crossbar from two meters.
It should have been the compensation for Manchester City, which was last in excellent shape. The Citizens recently defeated the Champions League winners Chelsea 1-0, the rival had no chance in the Premier League match. City was also favored against Paris Saint-Germain, the Harlem globetrotters of world football.
And City actually seemed more agreeable and committed, but with increasing duration, perhaps the greatest revealed itself Shortcoming that evening: The English only knew one rhythm, which Paris gradually adjusted to in the second half, although the field team looked far less glamorous than the names in the attack suggested. On the other hand, PSG showed a quality that the Citizens have not only lacked since yesterday: efficiency.
Sheriff and Bruges surprise – embarrassments for Real Madrid and RB Leipzig in their own stadium
(sda / dpa) In the Champions League group with Real Madrid and Inter Milan, Sheriff Tiraspol leads after two rounds with the maximum number of points. The Moldovans won sensationally 2-1 in Madrid. Real dominated the game for 90 minutes, but the debutants in the premier class scored one more goal. An Uzbek and a Luxembourger scored the goals for Tiraspol, whose entire team has a lower market value than any single player in the Madrilenians, the second came in the 90th minute.
Bundesliga club RB Leipzig have also lost their second group game and have to worry about wintering in a European competition. After the 3: 6 at Manchester City, the club lost 1: 2 in the home stadium to Club Bruges. Christopher Nkunku (5th minute) with his fourth goal of the season in the premier class had put the hosts in the lead. Hans Vanaken (22nd) and Mats Rits (41st) turned the game around in favor of the Belgian champions before the break.
Group A:
Paris Saint-Germain – Manchester City 2-0 (1: 0). – Goals: 8th Gueye 1-0. 74 Messi 2: 0.
Leipzig – Bruges 1: 2 (1: 2). – Goals: 5th Nkunku 1-0. 24. Vanaken 1: 1. 41. Rits 1: 2.
Ranking: 1. Paris Saint-Germain 2/4 (3: 1). 2. Club Bruges 2/4 (3-2). 3. Manchester City 2/3 (6: 5). 4. RB Leipzig 2/0 (4: 8).
Group B:
FC Porto – Liverpool 1: 5 (0: 2). – Goals: 18th Salah 0-1. 45th Mané 0-2. 60th Salah 0-3. 75. Taremi 1: 3. 77. Firmino 1: 4. 83. Firmino 1: 5.
AC Milan – Atlético Madrid 1: 2 (1: 0). – Goals: 20. Leão 1-0. 84. Griezmann 1: 1. 97.Suarez (hand penalty) 1: 2. – 29th yellow-red against Kessie (Milan).
Ranking: 1. Liverpool 2/6 (8: 3). 2. Atlético Madrid 2/4 (2-1). 3. FC Porto 2/1 (1: 5). 4. AC Milan 2/0 (3: 5).
Group C:
Borussia Dortmund – Sporting Lisbon 1: 0 (1: 0). – Goal: 38th draw 1-0. – Remarks: Dortmund with Kobel and Akanji, without Hitz (replacement) and Haaland (injured).
Ranking: 1. Ajax Amsterdam 2/6 (7: 1). 2. Borussia Dortmund 2/6 (3: 1). 3. Besiktas Istanbul 2/0 (1: 4). 4. Sporting Lisbon 2/0 (1: 6).
Group D:
Shakhtar Donetsk – Inter Milan 0-0.
Real Madrid – Sheriff Tiraspol 1: 2 (0: 1). – Goals: 25. Jachschibajew 0-1. 65.Benzema (foul penalty) 1: 1. 90th Thill 1: 2.
Ranking: 1st Sheriff Tiraspol 2/6 (4: 1). 2. Real Madrid 2/3 (2-2). 3. Inter Milan 2/1 (0: 1). 4. Shakhtar Donetsk 2/1 (0: 2).
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