PSG are ahead in the number of goals scored away from home, 9 for Benfica, against 6. Otherwise the two teams were tied, after their draws in the double confrontation (1-1/1-1), and the same attack : 16 goals.

It was necessary to come to the seventh criterion of the UEFA regulations of the event to decide between the first two of group H!

Joao Mario's stoppage-time achievement in Israel turned everything upside down.

Paris risks crossing paths with Bayern Munich, Real Madrid or Manchester City, for example, in the draw for the round of 16 on Monday.

Coach Christophe Galtier understood, haranguing his troops to score a third goal, but it was too late.

Paris can blame itself for not having played more in Turin, scoring only on two flashes, a feat from Kylian Mbappé (13th) and a goal from Nuno Mendes (69th).

The rest of his match remained fairly hazy.

"Kyky" opened the scoring with a superb curling shot on the inside post.

His acceleration pinned down the unfortunate Federico Gatti, who clung to his jersey and shorts in vain.

Goal and assist for Mbappé

Then Mbappé sent the decisive pass to Nuno Mendes, who came into play 50 seconds earlier in place of Juan Bernat.

The Portuguese side resisted the return of Juan Cuadrado to score with a cross shot.

Kylian Mbappé opens the scoring for PSG against Juventus in the Champions League, November 2, 2022 in Turin FRANCK FIFE AFP

But apart from these two actions and a few others, PSG did not really play, like a neutral Lionel Messi, who still had the good idea to launch Mbappé on the first goal.

Otherwise, Paris suffered the Italian assaults, which equalized for the first time by their captain Leonardo Bonucci, throwing themselves on a diving header from Juan Cuadrado (39th).

Juve have not lost everything, with third place, thanks to the defeat of Maccabi, and a once again attractive game around the amazing midfielder Manuel Locatelli, in recovery as in attack, with two chances for him (8th , 17th).

Above all, Juve, deprived of many injured players (Paul Pogba, Angel Di Maria...) has finally recorded the return of its striker Federico Chiesa, injured since January and entered the game in place of Fabio Miretti for the last quarter of hour (74th).

Marquinhos full of juice

Massimiliano Allegri's team got the best chances, Miretti hit close to the post (32nd), a cross from Adrien Rabiot, snatched from the feet of Achraf Hakimi, could also have hit the mark (54th).

Paris was again scared when a cross from Juan Cuadrado slipped on the gloves of Gianluigi Donnarumma (58th), or when a goal from Locatelli was canceled for an offside (78th).

But the worst was yet to come with Benfica's finish in Haifa.

Other bad news, Fabian Ruiz was slowed down in full ascent, visibly affected muscularly.

When he sat down on the ground, Renato Sanches had already been warming up for a few minutes.

The Portuguese replaced the Spaniard (21st).

The only consolation for Paris, we found Captain Marquinhos, full of juice and authority.

He countered a strike from Arkadiusz Milik (4th), and above all managed a heroic save at the feet of Fabio Miretti, yet alone in front of goal after a shift from Milik (35th).

"Marqui" celebrated his feat with a furious gesture, clenched fist and lion's roar.

The system with four defenders definitely suits him better, he is no longer in gray marking areas.

But this will not console the "capi".

This cruel end spoils a little the first victory in the history of PSG in Turin, a team which had dominated it in four different double confrontations in the past.

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