The hosts from the French capital got off to a better start. After just five minutes, Neymar served Sturm colleague Kylian Mbappé with a lob in the penalty area. The superstar didn’t let the big chance be taken away and converted ice cold with a volley acceptance worth seeing from about ten meters. Juventus were not shocked by the early deficit, had more possession as a result and also had a first chance to score.
After a cross from Juan Cuadrado from the right, Arkadiusz Milik climbed the highest in the penalty area and headed in on Gianluigi Donnarumma’s goal (19th minute). However, the goalkeeper reacted strongly and was able to deflect the ball to the side. The shot went wide of the right side of the goal.
But the encouragement for the guests lost its effect within a few minutes. Paris responded to the visitors’ first chance in the 22nd minute with a double one-two between Mbappé and Achraf Hakimi. In the end it was Mbappé again who took the ball out of the air inside the penalty area and placed it in the corner. Not much else happened until the half-time whistle, Paris dominated the game and left little room for the old lady.
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Joker Weston McKennie provided a stimulating element for the Turin team in the second round. After a short corner, Filip Kostic crossed the ball into the full penalty area. McKennie took advantage of the fact that goalkeeper Donnarumma jumped under the ball and headed in the visitors’ goal (54′). Dusan Vlahovic missed the equalizer just two minutes later. After a Cuadrado cross from the right, the striker prevailed in a header duel. But this time Donnarumma reacted strongly and deflected the ball to the side.
Juventus made an effort and had a double chance (81st) through substitute Manuel Locatelli, but remained too uncreative overall. Paris countered dangerously several times in the final phase, but was too imprecise in the degrees. So it remained at 2:1 for the hosts from the Seine.
The votes for the game:
Vitinha (Paris St. Germain): “It’s just the beginning, we still need to improve. We also saw that we did good things. We should have controlled the game better in the second half, but that’s not a big deal, we shouldn’t care too much about it It’s up to us to work on playing better second halves.”
Kylian Mbappe (Paris St. Germain): “There’s a little difference between the first 35 minutes and the second half. My miss at 3-0? I’ve missed a lot of goals in my life, I’ll score a lot and I’ll miss a lot. Those are the facts of the game. You’re punished his team not by missing a shot, but by thinking about the missed shots. There are things we have to work on, that’s normal, it’s the Champions League. If it were easy, we would have won it by now.”
Danilo (Juventus Turin): “We didn’t come here to lose. We are Juventus and wherever we go we want to win. Today, apart from the first 20 minutes, we showed our character, our pride and our quality. We’re still at the beginning , but we don’t have time to learn. That’s what I learned at Juve. The newcomers have to have this urge and this mentality. That’s the only way we’ll be strong.”
Adrien Rabiot (Juventus Turin): “We lost the game in the first half because we made too many mistakes. In the second half we showed a different face. A bit bitter because we didn’t give up. We tried to come back and we would have them more in can cause trouble.”
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With a strong performance, crowned by two goals, Kylian Mbappé finally opened the race with Erling Haaland for the Champions League shooting star.
That was noticeable: MNM is ready for big things
The start in France’s Ligue 1 was a warm-up for Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé. The trio had a total of 29 points in six league games. But like every year, the question arises as to how the French star ensemble will perform in the top competition. After the opening game in the premier class, it can be said: The three top starts seem to work together on the big stages this season. Mbappé scored the two decisive goals and was always dangerous in the offensive game. Neymar made it 1-0 and created more Mbappé chances. Messi set the pace on the offensive and kept clearing tight spaces with clever dribbling. That seemed much more coherent than last year.
The number: 112
Midfielder Marco Veratti played 112 passes for the French hosts. He was able to show a pass rate of 96 percent. Veratti dictated the Parisians’ possession game until he was substituted in the 87th minute. The Italian also won all six of his six attempted tackles, making him a key player off the ball as well. Overall in today’s game certainly an underestimated match winner.
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