PARIS – Manchester United successfully won the match against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in the inaugural match of Group H of the 2020-2021 Champions League. Playing at the Parc des Princes, Wednesday (21/10/2020) in the morning WIB, Man United recorded a narrow victory with a score of 2-1.
The course of the match
First round
The match started, PSG appeared to attack. As the host, they took more initiative in pressing Man United’s defense. Until the first 10 minutes, PSG also managed to make Man United work hard in the back area.
A number of opportunities were obtained by PSG, such as the shot that Angel di Maria fired in the penalty box in the 12th minute. However, his shot was well pushed over by Man United goalkeeper David de Gea.
Not long ago, Layvin Kurzawa also tried to shoot a shot at Man United’s goal. Again, De Gea made a neat save, who managed to save Kurzawa’s kick. Position still draw 0-0.
Entering the 20th minute, Man United was able to get out of the pressure. It didn’t even take long for them to get a chance to score after Anthoy Martial was violated in the penalty box by Abdou Diallo.
Bruno Fernandes, who was the captain of the team, was appointed to be the executioner. However, Fernandes failed to execute a penalty because Keylor Navas was able to deny it. However, the referee later annulled the shot because Navas had made a foul.
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As a result, Fernandes again got the opportunity to kick off the white point prize. This time Fernandes did not waste the opportunity to score a goal. His shot to the right was unstoppable by Navas, Fernandes brought Man United 1-0 up.
After winning, the game is quite balanced. The two teams are buying and selling attacks. Even the two teams both came close to scoring goals, but their efforts have not paid off. Until the first half ended, the score did not change. Man United won 1-0 over PSG in the first 45 minutes.
Second round
Entering the second half, PSG immediately stepped on the gas. Behind one goal made them appear so ambitious at the start of the second half. As in the first half, PSG again surrounded the Man United defense.
Pressure after pressure made Man United’s defense a little messy. Finally disaster came for Man United in the 55th minute when Martial made PSG happy. The French passport player scored an own goal and made it even.
Starting from a corner kicked by Neymar, Martial took the ball. Instead of throwing the ball away from the goalkeeper, Martial struck it into his own net. Unable to prevent De Gea, the ball slid beautifully into Man United’s goal. Score changed 1-1.
Even though they managed to make a draw, PSG has not stopped. Mbappe and Neymar took turns attacking the Man United defense. However, Man United’s defense was very strong, demonstrated by Aaron Wan-Bissaka. Meanwhile, Man United also occasionally counterattacks that often threaten Navas’ goal.
Towards the end of the match, Man United tried to get up. The results were not in vain. Man United came back ahead after Marcus Rashford scored a goal in the 87th minute. Like two years ago, Rashford was a nightmare for PSG at the Parc des Princes.
Utilizing a neat pass from Paul Pogba in the penalty area, Rashford then fired horizontally. Not able to be prevented by Navas, Rashford managed to bring Man United 2-1 ahead.
Position also lasted until the game ended. Man United successfully won the match against PSG with a thin score of 2-1.
PLAYER ORDER
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN XI (4-3-3): Keylor Navas; Alessandro Florenzi, Abdou Diallo, Presnel Kimpembe (c), Layvin Kurzawa; Ander Herrera, Danilo Pereira, Idrissa Gueye; Angel Di Maria, Kylian Mbappe, Neymar.
MANCHESTER UNITED XI (3-5-2): David de Gea; Axel Tuanzebe, Victor Lindelof, Luke Shaw; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Fred, Scott McTominay, Bruno Fernandes (c), Alex Telles; Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford.
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