Leipzig takes revenge on Paris Saint-Germain

French champion Saint-Germain played the match in the absence of Brazilian trio Neymar, Kylian Mbappé and Argentine Mauro Icardi through injury, as Tuchel paid Spanish Pablo Sarabia and Italian Moise Kane, who was brilliant of late. The Italian Marco Verratti, the German Julian Draxler and the Spanish Juan Bernat were also absent.

Paris Saint-Germain beat their German counterpart 3-0 in last season’s semifinals in Lisbon, when the tournament was completed with a one-game grouping and elimination system due to the repercussions of the new Corona virus.

Argentina’s Ángel Di María opened the scoring for the French team in the sixth minute, before wasting a penalty in the 16th minute, but France’s Christopher Nkunko tied the score for Leipzig in the 42nd minute.

In the second half, the German team took the lead in the 57th minute with a penalty kick that Swede Emil Forsberg translated successfully, giving his team the lead.

Saint-Germain played with ten men from the 69th minute after Senegalese referee Idrissa Guay was sent off for a second caution, before defender Prisnell Quimembe was sent off in injury time.

It is the second defeat for Saint Germain if they fall in the first round at home to Manchester United (1-2) before winning the second round over Basaksehir on the road with two earned goals.

The Parisian team occupy third place in Group H, 3 points behind Leipzig II (6 points), while Manchester United leads the standings (6 points), despite their sudden defeat today against Basaksehir (1-2).