The PSG won this Tuesday 2-1 against the Juventus for the goals of Kylian Mbappe and started in the best way his participation in the Champions League. The Parisian painting prevailed in the Princes Park and, although he showed two sides of his performance (one in each half), he showed that he is a serious candidate for the title.
Barely five minutes needed the champion of France to get ahead. It was a great collective action that found its breaking point when Mbappe was associated with Neymar down the left and dove diagonally into the area while the Brazilian took just the right break to then improvise a perfect aerial pass for Kilyan to volley to the far post. A goal to PSG.
To show that this goal was not a mere coincidence, the local quickly reached the second. This time it was for a right association between Marco Verrati, Kylian Mbappe and Hakimi, who with this scheme of three central defenders is much more loose on the attack. The side was the one who gave the final touch to the number 7 so that, first, he crossed the shot and established the 2-0.
A masterful performance by the Ligue 1 champion in the first 45 minutes that undoubtedly excites his audience and shows that for the moment Christophe Galtier’s work is paying off both in the game and on the scoreboard.
*Mbappe made it 2-0
In the plugin, the PSG fell back a little more in the background, betting on the counterattacks but allowed the Juventus grow up in the game and meet the discount. A corner kick, in which Gianluigi Donnarumma was left halfway, was headed at the far post by Weston McKenniewho had entered at halftime for Fabio Miretti.
Galtier tried several changes, even came out Lionel Messi, of discreet performance, for Soler to enter, but the team never came close to the version they had in the first half hour of the game. The Juventusmeanwhile, had two clear chances to tie the score, but there he did find Donnarumma.
Despite the drop in complement, the PSG He kept three key points to start his campaign in the best way in the Champions League. For the same group, Benfica won 2-0 at Maccabi Haifa and in this way the Portuguese are leaders, at least until the next date when they will visit Juventus. For its part, the French team will do the same before the Israeli cast.
FORMATIONS
TV: ESPN
ESTADIO: Princes Park
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