2023-11-07 23:58:15
AC Milan won on Tuesday against PSG during the 4th day of the Champions League. A victory that reshuffles the cards in the race for qualification in Group F.
Published on: 07/11/2023 – 22:58 Modified on: 07/11/2023 – 23:15
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Rebelote! A month after the shipwreck away at Newcastle, PSG sank again on Tuesday November 7 away in the Champions League. At San Siro, the Parisians once again seemed overwhelmed and unable to match AC Milan (2-1) despite opening the score early in the match.
With this defeat and the victory of Dortmund (2-0) against Newcastle, group F is completely relaunched: the Germans have taken the lead (7 points), one point ahead of PSG, which is ahead of AC Milan (5 pts). ) and Newcastle (4 pts).
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❗️Mandatory victory against Newcastle at home.
We will have to show a completely different face away from home against Dortmund. pic.twitter.com/CHzOS0HA08
— Media Parisien (@MediaParisien) November 7, 2023
The path to the round of 16 is therefore once again uncertain for Luis Enrique’s men, who have still not played their benchmark away match this season.
Allergic to noise?
This will have to be the case against the “yellow wall” in Dortmund during the 6th day of C1 and before this last group match, they will have to beat the English at the Parc des Princes on November 28 to avoid experiencing another European rout.
“This is Milan” warned San Siro before the start of the match with a banner at the foot of the Curva Nord, filled with supporters dressed entirely in black.
As expected, the Parisians had to face a San Siro of great evenings. They trembled and gave in on Tuesday in the face of the fervor of this historic venue for European football, and of the Milanese players.
As in Newcastle (4-1) where they seemed liquefied by the atmosphere of St James’ Park, Gianluigi Donnarumma’s teammates, whistled at each ball catch, did not manage to overcome the atmosphere. And that carried over into the game, a far cry from the match two weeks ago at home which they won 3-0.
Despite their five consecutive victories and facing AC Milan who had not won in four matches, the Parisians were messy and were often caught in the depths. Notably by the Portuguese Rafael Leão and Ruben Loftus-Cheek, both in great form on Tuesday unlike Kylian Mbappé, who was very discreet.
A quick goal then nothingness
The Parisians had started the match well, thanks to a header from the former Interista, Milan Skriniar, who scored his first goal in Parisian colors (9th), under the eyes of former PSG players David Beckham and Marco Verratti.
But the Milanese quickly responded by equalizing thanks to an acrobatic return from Leao (12th), who had not scored since September, scoring his team’s first goal in C1 this season.
In the second half, the Parisian goalkeeper who left AC Milan free in 2021 but hated by the “tifosi” was beaten by Olivier Giroud, scoring his first goal in the Champions League this season, and served by another Frenchman, Théo Hernandez (50th).
At the end of the match, they tried numerous times against Mike Maignan, impeccable, and camped in the Milan area, in vain. Even when Lee Kang-in found the post (89th). Too few. Too late
With AFP
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