Star-Studded PSG Punished By Dortmund Wonderkid
19 February, 2020
UEFA Champions League
Result: Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Paris Saint-Germain
Date: 18 February 2020
Venue: BVB Stadion
A star-studded Paris Saint-Germain outfit went down 2-1 to Borussia Dortmund the first leg of their UEFA Champions Group last 16 clash on Tuesday evening.
Neymar and Kylian Mbappe returned up top after sitting out Saturday’s entertaining 4-4 pull with Amiens SC, seeing that the hosts went with the same part that overcame Eintracht Frankfurt.
There's only been an added continental involvement between your two sides which came in the UEFA Europa League 2010/11 group stages that saw both fixtures ending most square.
PSG threatened primary after Neymar fired a good curling free-kick large of the right-hand content following the opening 10 minutes, as the match began to open up.
Jadon Sancho posed a variety of problems with third-man runs in and around the ultimate area whilst Dortmund charged from the still left area -with Layvin Kurzawa scrambling to adapt.
PSG got the next half going with neither side introducing any specific set of changes, whilst attempting to reach the front-foot in early stages.
The Ligue 1 side however battled get started following a resumption, as Dortmund put Keylor Navas to work following the 58th minute.
Ten minutes later, Dortmund found the breakthrough following Erling Braut Haaland stabbed residence a loose ball following a rebound off Raphael Guerreiro’s shot just a few seconds later.
PSG managed to restore parity on 75 minutes when Mbappe picked out Neymar with a square ball for the Brazilians to slot residence.
However, Haaland restored Dortmund's gain two minutes later on when he received a ball from Reyna to nestle into the top remaining corner-giving Navas no prospect to complete his brace.
PSG should’ve gone level once again in the rest of the minutes, but Neymar hoofed a good loose ball outrageous as Dortmund drew initial blood found in the two-legged tie.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za