Assault on Old Trafford: PSG beat United and put the ‘Champions’ group red hot | Football



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The Paris SG, with goals from Brazilians Neymar (6 and 90 + 1) and Marquinhos (69), they won 3-1 at United manchester, this Wednesday at Old Trafford, and depends on himself to qualify for the round of 16.

On the last day, the current European runner-up will qualify if he wins in the Parc des Princes against Turkish Basaksehir, who lost 4-3 at home to RB Leipzig on Wednesday.

Marcus Rashford (minute 32) was the author of the only goal of a Manchester United, who played the last 20 minutes with 10 for expulsion for a double yellow of Brazilian Fred (71), and that now the classification will have to be played next week in Germany.

In a very tense match for both teams, especially Paris SG, who after the triumph of RB Leipzig had no margin for error, the French soon found their way to the goal.

After a wall between Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, the French striker shot on goal, David de Gea rejected, but the Brazilian took advantage of the rebound to send the ball into the net (6).

The Spanish goalkeeper avoided the second minute later in a shot by Italian Alessandro Florenzi (9) and the French superiority in the first minutes caused nerves in the English, who were about to stay with 10 after a header from Fred to Leandro Paredes that he The referee did not consider it enough, after consulting the VAR, to expel the Brazilian (21).

As the minutes passed, the English managed to calm down and focus on the game, having as a reward the draw of Rashford, whose shot from the front touched Danilo Pereira and deceived Keylor Navas (32).

The second half was even more intense and the English put together the chances of scoring: Anthony Martial shot high in the 49th minute, Edinson Cavani smashed the ball off the crossbar (57) and Marquinhos avoided another shot from Martial in extremis (58).

But United forgave and ended up paying it: Marquinhos, who had already warned with a header that went high (64), scored the second when he caught a dead ball in the small area after a corner kick (69).

Worse, two minutes later, Fred made an ugly tackle to Ander Herrera and the Brazilian saw the second yellow, leaving his team at a disadvantage.

With one less, United had no option to force a draw and it was PSG that would end up sentencing the counter with Neymar (90 + 1).



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