2023-11-07 23:59:05
After opening the score, Paris Saint-Germain was overthrown by Ac Milan (1-2) at San Siro thanks to a decisive goal from Blues striker Olivier Giroud.
Published on: 07/11/2023 – 22:59
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It floated on the Milanese lawn of San Siro, this Tuesday, November 7, a little air of the French team. Seven Blues actually started the match among the 22 players in the match between AC Milan (Maignan, Théo Hernandez, and Giroud) and Paris SG (Lucas Hernandez, Dembélé, Kolo Muani and Mbappé). But for this fourth day of the group stage of the Champions League, there was no question of blue friendship, nor even of brotherhood with the Hernandez brothers who faced each other for the second time in two weeks.
Beaten in the first leg (0-2), AC Milan welcomed PSG in an uncomfortable position with zero victories in three matches as well as zero goals on the clock. However, in front of their supporters, the Rossonneri, carried by their best player, the Portuguese Rafael Leao, will finally honor their past glory (7 Champions Leagues) by defeating a PSG who undoubtedly thought they had done the hardest part by opening the mark very early. It is in fact the central defender, and ex-Inter player, Milan Skriniar who immediately (9th minute) showers the 75,000 spectators by heading back a Vitinha corner extended with a header by Marquinhos.
The Italians had the merit of coming back very quickly, three minutes after the Parisian goal, thanks to Rafaël Leao who took back, with an acrobatic return, a strike from Giroud repelled by Donnaruma (12th).
Eternal Giroud
At a sustained pace and in a configuration where both teams seem driven by the desire to score the second goal, the match is rich in opportunities on both sides such as this strike on the crossbar from Dembélé or this shot in a closed angle from Giroud.
But it’s only a postponement for the “old” French striker, 37 years old, but still with his 193 cm which allows him to head a cross from Théo Hernandez and crucify the Parisians (50th).
Now in front, the Milanese are content to defend their advantage, isolating Mbappé and marking two, or even three, on the most dangerous element of PSG. And the entries of Ramos, Barcola or Kang-in Lee will do nothing.
This is the second defeat in four days for PSG, which remains second in the group with one point ahead of AC Milan and two ahead of Newcastle, which it hosts on the next day.
Dortmund is now leader of this group F after its victory over Newcastle (2-0).
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