There is no possible comparison between a Champions semi-final and a group stage match, as one battle grants the passport to the last season prior to glory and the other is one more point out of six on an Excel sheet.
For this reason, Leipzig knows that that defeat in Lisbon is not now annulled, but at least the Germans took a small revenge on Wednesday against their then executioner, PSG, whom they defeated 2-1.
A victory that turns the group of death upside down, because two hours before the other titan had also fallen, a very fragile Manchester United behind that found punishment in Istanbul against
Basaksehir
(2-1).
With these two results, the English and the Germans lead the group with six points and the French and Turks close it with three, leaving everything open for the last three days of the league.
Everything went wrong for PSG on their visit to Leipzig.
From the start, he had the important casualties of Neymar, Mbappé, Verratti and Icardi.
Tuchel's team started very well, taking the lead in the 9th minute through
Di María
and enjoying a penalty in the 15th. But the Argentine failed against
Gulacsi
and from then on everything fell apart.
Nkunku
, with a low and hard shot from the edge, managed to equalize the shock before the break, after PSG wasted on several occasions the excessive audacity in defense of
Nagelsmann's men
.
Leipzig turned the score around before game time, thanks to a penalty converted by
Forsberg
and shortly after
Gueye
was sent off
, leaving Tuchel's team without response capacity.
Morata and Haaland doublets
Manchester United were badly choked on what was theoretically their most affordable exit from this group stage.
Their poor first half caused Basaksehir to go 2-0 at half-time after taking advantage of two defensive errors by
Solskjaer's side
.
Especially clamorous was the first, in which
Demba Ba
advanced towards the goal from the center of the field without the slightest opposition from the Mancunian defenders.
Martial managed to close the gap just before half-time, but what followed wasn't much better for United.
They were 45 minutes of offensive impotence, of inability to disarm the granite shield that
Okan Buruk
had deployed
.
The defeat complicates the immediate future for the English, who after their two previous victories against PSG and Leipzig were hoping to get the qualifying on track after their trip to Istanbul.
As had happened on Tuesday, this Wednesday was also a night of defeats in the Champions League.
Juventus beat Ferencvaros (1-4) in Budapest with two goals from
Morata
and they are now very close to qualifying in the Barça group.
In Sevilla,
Chelsea
went over (3-0) a Rennes who played 50 minutes with ten players and also has a foot and a half in the second round.
Dortmund will have to wait for something else despite beating Brugge (0-3) in just half an hour, with two goals from
Haaland
.
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