Forced into a draw by Newcastle (1-1) on Tuesday evening, the capital club is suffering like never before.
Luis Enrique predicted it from the first day of the Champions League. We will have to wait until the last lifting to know the verdict of the death group. PSG, however, had a golden opportunity to secure their ticket for the round of 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday. We would still have had to beat Newcastle on the pitch at the Parc des Princes.
The French champions ultimately had to settle for a draw (1-1) and can consider themselves lucky given the scenario of the match. Led from the 24e minute of play on a goal from Alexander Isak following a ball from Gianluigi Donnarumma, Luis Enrique’s men only owed a very questionable penalty awarded by Mr. Marciniak to equalize in the last moments of time additional.
PSG still has its destiny in its hands…
Thanks to this draw, PSG avoided the worst but nevertheless only has 7 points after the first 5 days, with two victories, two defeats and a draw. This is nothing less than the worst total for the Rouge et Bleu since 2004 when the Parisians were eliminated from the group stage with only 5 points on the clock.
However, PSG still has its destiny in its hands and will even be guaranteed to finish first in the group in the event of victory, in two weeks, on the pitch of Borussia Dortmund.
