2023-12-13 23:59:00
The Paris Saint-Germain season was played this Wednesday evening in Germany. After a complicated group stage and only seven points taken in the first five days, the capital club knew that they had to get a result in Dortmund and at the same time, watch the result of Newcastle-Milan. For this decisive match, Luis Enrique lines up an offensive line-up with Kang-In Lee in place of Manuel Ugarte in the midfield.
Paris misses the mark in the first period
The first minutes are to the advantage of Borussia who settles in the opposing camp and stands out with a beautiful volley shot, signed Marco Reus (10th). Expected at the turn, Gianluigi Donnarumma repels this shot. Paris Saint-Germain will then take advantage of the spaces left by Dortmund’s defense to offer themselves a multitude of opportunities: Vitinha tries from afar (12th) before Kang-In Lee misses the inevitable (16th). Afterwards, the South Korean can be relieved because there was an offside at the start of the action.
But the Parisian waves intensify and it is a small miracle to see Dortmund not concede a goal in this first period. Kylian Mbappé erases Kobel before seeing Niklas Sule make a miracle save (17th). Behind, Bradley Barcola is served ideally in the German area by Mbappé but the former Lyonnais sees his curled shot being repelled by the opposing post (20th). Finally, Randal Kolo Muani also finds himself in an ideal position but his cross shot grazes Kobel’s left post (24th).
In this completely unbridled match, Dortmund is not left out: on a ball poorly returned by Marquinhos, Marcos Reus fires a powerful shot which is slammed for a corner by Donnarumma (28th). The Parisian goalkeeper is called upon again a few minutes later: he rejects a shot from Ozcan and behind Adeyemi is too clumsy to frame his first attempt (32nd). Newcastle’s opening score against Milan forces PSG to move up a gear.
If the nets did not shake in the first period, the return from the locker room will change the situation. It was Borussia who opened the scoring through Karim Adeyemi (1-0, 51st). Jostled on his right side, Hakimi loses the ball and Fullkrüg takes the opportunity to serve the young BVB striker in an excellent position, who just has to finish.
Warren Zaire-Emery, pride at 17
With their backs against the wall, Paris Saint-Germain is virtually pushed back into the Europa League and will have a burst of pride before the hour mark. Shifted to the left, Kylian Mbappé pulls back. Even if the ball is deflected by an opponent, Warren Zaire-Emery does not ask questions and pierces the German rearguard (1-1, 56th) to revive his team. At the same time, Milan equalized on Newcastle’s pitch and thus puts PSG back in the round of 16 of the Champions League for the moment.
WARREN ZAIRE-EMERY EGALISE!!! ��
PSG only doubted for 5 minutes and must still seek qualification ����
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Paris Saint-Germain thinks they have done the hard part by scoring a second goal, synonymous with qualification definitively acquired but above all first place. Launched in depth by Hakimi, Kylian Mbappé wins his face-to-face and exults in front of the Parisian yardage. But after checking the video refereeing, the Parisian striker was finally flagged offside for a few centimeters…
Heavy stuff to come in the round of 16
At a stressful end to the match with the fear of conceding another goal, the capital club will receive a new unexpected helping hand from AC Milan who are going all out on the pitch at Saint-James Park. With this Italian victory, PSG can be satisfied with a draw to ensure their qualification. But by finishing in second place, the Parisians expose themselves to a big opponent in the round of 16: Bayern, Manchester City, Real Madrid and even Barça.
If Kylian Mbappé is not satisfied with the turn of events by showing signs of annoyance with his team which is not pushing for victory, PSG has ensured the essentials and above all avoided the biggest fiasco of the QSI era, under the gaze of Nasser al-Khelaïfi who expressed his relief at the end of this trying evening.
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