Three weeks after its defeat at Newcastle, PSG beat a lackluster AC Milan (3-0), Wednesday evening at the Parc de Princes, to take the lead in their Champions League group after three days.
Despite its scathing defeat at Newcastle (4-1), during the second day of the group stage of the Champions League, should PSG really worry about qualifying for the round of 16? Luis Enrique’s team reacted on Wednesday evening at the Parc des Princes, easily beating AC Milan (3-0), in order to take the lead in the group with six points, two more than Dortmund and Newcastle (BVB having won at the same time at St James’ Park, 1-0).
The Parisians did not completely master the start of the match, still in their current 4-4-2 (with Vitinha on the left), facing the serene but obviously not very talented Rossoneri. A flash from Kylian Mbappé thus unblocked the situation. On a ball from the amazing Warren Zaire-Emery, the French prodigy deceived Mike Maignan at the near post (32nd).
Dembélé deprived of his first goal
Returning from the locker room, Ousmane Dembélé doubled the lead with a nice sequence (48th), but the VAR spotted a foul from Manuel Ugarte at the start of the action and the referee withdrew the first Parisian goal from “Dembouz” . In the process, a strike from Dembélé was repelled by Maignan into the feet of Randal Kolo Muani. The goal of the break and the first in LDC for “RKM”. If Mbappé missed the double (82nd), Lee Kang-In, who came on, increased the score (89th).
Given the level of play displayed by the 2022 Italian champions, with Olivier Giroud still as valuable as a deflection but Rafael Leao visibly not very aware of the stakes of the game, Milan has few arguments to put forward during of the “return” match against PSG. The Ligue 1 juggernaut will play at San Siro in two weeks, with the chance to take an option on the qualifier.
