Live football PSG vs MU on October 21, 2020 European Cup

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The Parisians must not forget the tough defeat in the 2018/19 Champions League round of 16. They played in the “Red Devils” but ended up losing due to elemental errors. It seemed that a 2-0 win at Old Trafford opened the door to the quarter-finals for the French representative. But two weeks later, in the mecca of “Prince’s Park”, an incredible tragedy struck PSG.

The first was a missed pass from Thilo Kehrer to help Romelu Lukaku score. Then it was legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon’s turn to throw up the ball to give Lukaku a chance to double. In conclusion, the redundant arm of midfielder Kimpembe brought the decisive penalty for MU for Marcus Rashford to successfully help the Red Devils win 3-1, thus gaining the right to continue through the away goals law. (3-3).

But everything is in the past. Thomas Tuchel’s team really matured after defeats for lack of courage. Last season a PSG has been solid and solid in the big battles. They only lost to absolute champion Bayern Munich with the minimum score of 0-1 after 120 minutes into the final. The Champions League runner-up marked a leap for PSG in many ways.

As for MU, the spectacular comeback against PSG is a major boost for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s career. The Norwegian coach somewhat recalled the indomitable spirit of 1999 in the students and gained the confidence of the MU Board in rebuilding the Red Devils.

Last season, Solskjaer managed to build a solid downline even though the game was basically boring. But this season, MU’s downline has turned into a black spot due to back-to-back mistakes.

12 goals lost after the first 4 rounds of the 2020/21 Premier League show the true face of MU right now. A vulnerable system stems not only from individual individuals, but also from poor performance. Especially against strong opponents who create great pressure, the MU system is easy to break, but the loss to Tottenham 1-6 is a typical example.

This game, the “rich boy” from Paris features the return of Angel Di Maria, the star who drowned in Man Utd, after a suspension. No. 1 mainstay Neymar also started after resting in Nimes’ victory in Ligue 1 last weekend. Thus, the Mbappé – Neymar – Di Maria atoms are fully in the attack.

Don’t forget that Mbappé is in sublimation form with 4 goals and 4 assists after the first four games of the season. And Neymar has always been simply the great player of the great games. Another former MU player also appeared in midfield: midfielder Ander Herrera combined with rookie Danilo Pereira and warrior Gueye.

As for Manchester United, midfielder captain Maguire was absent due to injury, so manager Solskjaer decided to come up with a three-midfield plan to fill the void left by the English player and withstand the rival’s terrible attack. principal. In the one where Luke Shaw was thrown in the middle and midfielder in 1997 with little playing experience, Tuanzebe was trusted.

In fact, the Norwegian military leader has no other viable option for the central post. Rookie Alex Telles made his debut for a new team after sitting outside in the Premier League and taking the right aisle. In midfield, Paul Pogba continued to play a reserve role like the 4-1 win over Newcastle a few days ago.

Midfielder Bruno Fernandes (with this captain’s armband) will be in charge of coordinating and organizing the game based on the support of the defensive duo Fred vs McTominay. In attack, Martial and Rashford rely on the “double-barreled pistol” when Cavani has been unable to play.

Of course, in the context of being underestimated by the opponent in so many ways, from the style, the playability to the people and more the yard factor, MU is not confident enough to play for PSG. The representatives of the Premier League choose a safe defense strategy on the home field and try to play slowly to reduce the enthusiasm of the opponent.

The first dangerous opportunity of the match came in the 11th minute when “old man from MU” Ángel Di María fired a left-handed technical shot from outside the 16m50 line, forcing De Gea to fly all the way to save. success for MU.

Immediately after, from a corner kick by Mbappé, defender Kurzawa made a point-blank touch, but the Spanish goalkeeper continued to reflect well to protect the net. In a low game, MU suddenly rose to lead the table thanks to a familiar situation: shooting from 11 meters, but in a very dramatic setting.

In the 20th minute, Martial received the ball from Luke Shaw and managed to pass Diallo and as a result fell to the field. The referee, of course, with the help of the VAR team pointed out the penalty spot. Bruno Fernandes continues to take charge of the penalty, although a few days ago he missed for the first time at the 11-meter mark with the MU jersey.

With his favorite style of “flute jumping”, Bruno can confidently beat Keylor Navas, but in the end, the Costa Rican goalkeeper won. However, when the Portuguese midfielder’s disappointment reached its peak, referee Mateu (the Spaniard) gave a signal that Navas made a mistake (he moved his foot before Bruno kicked).

So MU was allowed to receive the penalty again. On this occasion, captain MU still kicked “flute jump”, he still shot in the same direction as the previous kick, even lighter, but the goal came to the visitors because Navas was tricked. Being led the table, of course, PSG must attack frantically.

However, MU seems to be very well prepared for this match when it establishes a relatively tight defense system between many layers from midfield, leaving the home team with almost no door to reach De Gea. In fact, there are also some times that the home team has penetrated the away team’s restricted zone, but the end result is not good at all.

Di María initially fell flat on his face after De Gea’s opening phase, but the referee also reported an offside error, so there were no 11 meters. Then it was Mbappé’s turn to be “inhaled” by Tuanzebe’s blocking and this time the referee shook his head with a penalty. Even Neymar had to receive a yellow card for the error of exaggerating.

Even in the 38th minute, Keylor Navas did not play well, the PSG net had to vibrate for the second time after a strong shot from Bruno Fernandes. Immediately after, Alex Telles took a corner and midfielder Lindelof hit his head and touched a host player and crossed the cross.

At the start of the second half, the third time in the match, David De Gea made a spectacular save for MU after Mbappé broke the 16m50 area down the left wing, eliminated McTominay and Wan-Bissaka and launched a left shot. . Compared to the first half, PSG pressed more and in the end, what will come must come.

In the 55th minute, shortly after Kurzawa’s cross was accidentally turned into a dangerous shot to hit the crossbar, PSG leveled the score thanks to … Anthony Martial. In a corner situation, the French striker got an accurate shot from the scorer, but unfortunately on the home team’s goal.

As if touched, MU strongly accelerated suddenly. In the 57th minute, Rashford gently passed Kimpembe to penetrate PSG’s 16m50 area, but as he prepared to shoot the goal, Danilo Pereira arrived in time to rescue the home team.

Immediately after that, Martial poked his head out of Luke Shaw’s cross. After 67 minutes, Paul Pobga entered the field to improve the control capacity of the midfield, which was controlled by PSG from the start of the second half.

TEAM

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (4-3-3): Keylor Navas; Alessandro Florenzi, Abdou Diallo, Presnel Kimpembe (c), Layvin Kurzawa; Ander Herrera, Danilo Pereira, Idrissa Gueye (Moise Kean 46 ‘); Ángel Di María, Kylian Mbappé, Neymar.

MANCHESTER UNITED (5-3-2): David De Gea; Axel Tuanzebe, Victor Lindelof, Luke Shaw; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Fred, Scott McTominay, Bruno Fernandes (c), Alex Telles; Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford.