Arsenal raises new doubts about PSG’s European project

The years pass, the strategy changes, but, outside the borders of France, the multi-million dollar project of Paris Saint-Germain remains unsuccessful. And, this Tuesday, the Parisians had another descent into the ground: despite controlling the game, the Paris team beat London in the second round of the Champions League with an efficient Arsenal. The remaining games were marked by another handful of hits.

Two weeks after suffering defeat at the Parque dos Príncipes against Girona, PSG failed their first major test in the 2024/25 Champions League. With Nuno Mendes, João Neves and Vitinha in the “eleven”, the French finished the game at the Emirates Stadium with an advantage in all statistical objects, but in a duel between Spanish technicians, Mikel Arteta made the beat Luis Enrique: four shots were enough for Arsenal beat PSG, 2-0, with goals in the first half from Havertz and Saka.

As in the first round, the start of the second round of the Champions League was marked by a rout and Germany was once again the biggest. After Bayern 9-2 against Dinamo Zagreb, Borussia beat Celtic 7-1 in Dortmund.

Another victory of the night came in Catalonia, where Barcelona had no problem against Young Boys (5-0), with a brace from Lewandowski. City, on the other hand, with Matheus Nunes on the field for the 90 minutes – Rúben Dias came on in the second half; Bernardo Silva did not leave the bench – he went to Slovakia for tourism: with goals from Gündogan, Foden, Haaland and McAtee, the Manchester team beat Slovan Bratislava, 0-4. For the same result, and with a penalty goal from Taremi, Inter beat Red Star in Milan.

Unlike “Nerazzurri“, the rival AC Milan lost again in the Champions League. After the defeat at home against Liverpool, the team with Paulo Fonseca who was the coach, which included Rafael Leão full time, in Leverkusen, against Bayer: at the beginning of the second half, Victor Boniface scored the only goal of the game at BayArena.

One of the games that opened in the afternoon, ended with another run and it was proof that Brest feels comfortable against their Austrian rivals. With a poor start in Ligue 1 – four defeats in six rounds -, the Brittany team beat Sturm Graz (2-1) two weeks ago in France, and this time, they achieved an even greater feat more: in Austria, they chased him. against RB Salzburg: 0-4.