Rashford punishes Saint-Germain again ... and a good start for Juventus and Barcelona with the European champions
Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford punished his French host Paris Saint-Germain again at his home, "Parc de Prince", by beating him 2-1, while Juventus of Italy and Barcelona of Spain made a good start with two convincing wins yesterday in the first round of the Champions League.
In Group H, St. Germain suffered his first defeat in his last 25 matches at home in the group stage, thus failing to avenge his loss to United 1-3 18 months ago in the second round at the same stadium with a goal by Rashford, who also scored in stoppage time with a penalty kick , Wasted at the time, winning the first leg in "Old Trafford" with two clean goals.
The owners of the land pressed since the start whistle, and United goalkeeper David de Gea intervened to save his goal from two sure goals for the French capital team when he flew into a curled ball by the Argentine, Angel Di Maria, the former Manchester player, around a corner, from which de Gea reacted quickly to counter the attempt of left-back Lavin Kerzawa Walking distance (11).
In the midst of the Parisian control over the course of the game, the referee awarded a penalty kick in favor of United, which was taken by the Frenchman Anthony Martial.
In the second attempt, he succeeded in translating it (23), putting his team in the lead until the end of the first half before Saint-Germain realized the equalizer at the start of the second with friendly fire, when Brazilian Neymar lifted a corner kick that Martial tried to disperse it, but it turned a mistake inside his own goal (55).
The result remained the same despite the opportunities for the two teams, until the 88th minute, when Marcus Rashford said his speech after a joint game between Fernandes and French substitute Paul Pogba, after which the latter passed the ball towards the young striker who took a step before launching it with a strong force that hit the post and wandered into the net (88 ).
Andrea Pirlo began his career as a coach in the competition with a precious victory for Juventus at its host Dynamo Kiev 2-0 in Group G, which saw Barcelona win 5-1 at home to Ferencváros Hungary.
Pirlo and Juventus owe the victory to the new-old Spanish player Alvaro Morata, who scored two goals (46 and 84).
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