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Paris Saint-Germain won a valuable 2-0 win against Manchester United in the round of 16 of the European Cup of Football Clubs (Champions League) on 12 February 2019. This is the first Once a French team wins on the English club's field, in the Champions League.
Even deprived of two of his star players, Neymar and Edinson Cavani, injured, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has enough resources to win on the ground of a club of caliber Manchester United.
PSG, reigning French champions, posted two faces in the round of 16 of the main European Football Cup (Champions League), on February 12, 2019. One, solid and solidary, in the first period, with midfielder Marco Verratti with the baton. The other, enterprising and effective, in the second half.
Spectators saw few scoring chances in the first half: dangerous shots but not framed by Parisians Angel Di Maria (6th) and Kylian Mbappé (28th), as well as a shot-center from Mancunian Marcus Rashford (8th). ).
Presnel Kimpembe opens the scoring
But in the second half, the face of the meeting has changed dramatically, especially when defender Presnel Kimpembe gushed to the far post, on a Di Maria corner, to catapult the ball into the net (0-1, 53) . An opening of the score which rewarded the pressure exerted by the PSG.
Far from being satisfied with this goal, visitors continued to attack. They were rewarded by this choice when Mbappé cut the trajectory of a Di Maria center (0-2, 60th).
The various tactical adjustments of Manchester United did not do anything about it. The English club suffered its first loss since Norwegian Ole Gunnar Solskjær became his coach on 19 December 2018. The "Red Devils", however, remained on a series of victories and a draw.
On March 6, they will have to make a success in Paris in the knockout stages of the Champions League: to catch up two goals behind a PSG who proved his entire resource. All without midfielder Paul Pogba, excluded in the 89th minute.