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Manchester United kicked off their career in the new edition of the Champions League, with a beautiful victory over Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday at the opening of Group H matches.
United’s Bruno Fernández opened the scoring in the 23rd minute with a penalty before Saint Germain mistakenly tied his own goal through United striker Anthony Martial in the 55th minute, and then forward Marcus Rashford won. for the England team by scoring the winning goal in the 87th minute.
Match details
The two teams tried to score the goal in the opening minutes and didn’t pretend to feel the pulse, and Abdo Diallo saved a perfect cross in the eighth before it reached Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford, then Angel Di María responded with a long shot. distance that diverted De Gea to a first corner kick. In the match for Paris Saint-Germain.
Despite Saint-Germain’s lead, United striker Rashford almost surprised the hosts when he hit a grounder, which was taken out by the brilliant Navas for a corner kick.
Then full-back Kurzawa almost pounced on Mbappé’s impressive pass until De Gea came back and saved the day again.
The situation heated up when Manchester United scored a penalty in the 21st minute after Diallo blocked Anthony Martial, who was executed by Bruno Fernández and tackled by St Germain goalkeeper Kaylor Navas, but Spanish referee Antonio Matteo Lahues , He decided to return it again because the video technique demonstrated Navas’s play before playing. Fernández scored the ball again, announcing Manchester United’s departure in the 23rd minute.
The first response from the hosts was in the 31st minute when Di María hit United’s defenses thanks to a long pass from behind, which was left alone, but the latter came out at the right moment and managed to control the ball before the Argentine attacking midfielder took over.
And he made it clear that United are determined to maintain their lead as the England team kept trying to look for more progress before the end of the first half, so Fernández fired a wonderful shot to the ground that put alertness and skill to the test. de Navas, who deftly turned it into a corner kick in the 38th minute.
Overall, Man United’s attacking response seemed better and more focused than that of the Paris princes, who were blamed for a lack of focus and divergence of lines in the first half.
Second half
The second part started in a spectacular way, especially by Saint-Germain, who sought to quickly correct his situation and again Mbappé appeared on the scene and hit a strong curl that De Gea pulled with grace and pulled him out of his net with skill.
The attacks by the locals continued and seemed determined to equalize, forcing United to contract, and in the 55th minute, the Parisian team hit a corner kick that Neymar went, so the ball went to the head of Martial , which made it his own goal, announcing the draw for Saint Germain (1-1).
After the goal, the Paris Saint-Germain players and their German coach, Thomas Tuchel, objected, demanding a penalty kick after the team’s forward, substitute Moise Kane, fell into United’s penalty area, but the referee ordered the continuation of the play.
By the middle of the second half, the French team had completely tightened their grip in midfield and increased their dangerous attempts to attack De Gea’s goal, prompting English coach Solskjaer to push their midfield, Frenchman Paul Pogba in the 67th minute instead of newcomer Alex Tillis.
United benefited from Pogba’s relegation, which renewed and revitalized their team’s activity. Rashford nearly snatched the lead in the 79th minute, but Navas again firmly cleared his goal.
With the match entering its last corner from the 80th minute, the two teams intensified their two-goal attempts, hoping to capture all three of the game’s points.
Neymar dominated the ball in the 83rd minute and penetrated United’s defenses before firing a shot that was just like Gea, who narrowly deflected it.
Pogba proved he was Manchester United’s savior with his strength and ball possession in midfield, especially on the edge of the St. Germain penalty area. In the 87th minute he managed to control the ball before passing it to Rashford, so the English international received the ball and entered the penalty area without any interference from the owners’ defenders beforehand. To hit a trailing floor on the net, announcing the deadly time advantage for the England team in the 87th minute.
Rashford’s goal ended the match for Manchester United, who kicked off their participation in the group stage with an important victory and three precious points over Saint-Germain, the last runner-up in the Champions League.
In a second match in the same group, Germany’s Leipzig defeated their Turkish guest Basaksehir with two goals in a row, which Angelino scored in the 16th and 20th minutes.
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