Istanbul (AFP)

Confirmation succeeded: PSG, after its brilliant inaugural victory against Real Madrid (3-0), prevailed on the field of Galatasaray (1-0), Tuesday during the second day of the Champions League, despite a climate as hostile as it is burning.

In addition to having "conditioned" the boiler Istanbul, considered one of the hottest stadiums in Europe, with his winning goal, Mauro Icardi has allowed PSG to open wide the way to the 8th finals .

With 6 points, PSG not only heads alone in Group A, but has already relegated to five lengths his rival Madrid, held in check against Bruges (2-2) on his home, a little earlier. A successful operation on all levels!

"Your nightmare is still back," was it written in English on a banner hung just before the kickoff, above the Kop Istanbul.

With deafening whistles every time the ball was in the Parisian feet, the "hell" so promised turned out to be real. Huge pressure in this volcano so dreaded to become deaf ... Ears sensitive abstain!

- Decibels -

Despite the extreme intensity of the opposing decibels, it was the PSG that made the best start to match, like the dangerous attempts of Angel Di Maria (2nd, 7th), while seizing control of the ball .

Galatasaray, however, offered the best opportunity early in the game when Seri combined with Babel at the entrance to the surface, before seeing his coiled shot graze the skylight of Navas, beaten (19th).

The only moment, the space of half a second, where we thought we heard the stadium hold its breath ...

Faced with high pressing PSG, Galatasaray was quickly suffocated, struggling to leave his camp.

Like Zinédine Zidane's Real, Fatih Terim's team and his six "French" players lined up - world champion Steven Nzonzi, and former Ligue 1 Radamel Falcao (Monaco), Jean-Michaël Seri ( Nice), Younès Belhanda (Montpellier) and Mariano (Bordeaux), then Sofiane Feghouli (Grenoble) - could not face the trident Marquinhos-Verratti-Gueye, ominipresent in the middle.

Despite the speed of their Parisian wingers, facing the slowness of the thirty-year-old Mariano and Nagatomo (33 years), the Parisians have however long sinned in the last gesture.

"We forgot to score one, two maybe three goals in the first twenty minutes," said Paris coach Thomas Tuchel after the match, "after that it's still complicated, but I have to say that the team has done a good performance. huge again, a collective effort. "

- First for Icardi -

As a result, Galatasaray played the blow thoroughly on shots stopped to surprise Paris. Since the return of the locker room, Seri for example forced Navas, on a vicious free kick, to release a parade on his line (48th).

But Muslera has also demonstrated all his talent in the opposing cages. Completely alone against the goalkeeper Urugayen, Di Maria had plenty of time to adjust but his shot was perfectly postponed (50th). It was only part of delivery ...

In the wake, Paris managed to unlock the game as a result of a nice collective movement initiated by the Argentine. Well launched in the area by Verratti, Sarabia fixed Muslera before transmitting a caviar to Icardi who had only to push the ball in the goals (1-0, 52nd).

Winning bet for Thomas Tuchel who preferred to start the Argentine striker, to the detriment of Kylian Mbappé, left on the bench at kickoff despite his return from injury, then entered the game (61).

In the absence of injured Edinson Cavani, the former Interist scored points for the sequel with his first goal in his new colors.

If the Parisian collective has experienced some scares at the end of the game - a head saved on the line (54th) or a huge missed opportunity Babel who madly roused the 50,000 orange red fans (60th) - he has globally mastered his subject. Mission accomplished.

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