Newcastle surprises Paris Saint-Germain with a goal in the first half in the Champions League.. Video – Youm7

Written by: Hani Abdel Nabi

Tuesday, November 28, 2023 11:02 PM

Newcastle United surprised its counterpart Paris Saint-Germain With a clean goal during the first half of the match currently being held between them at the “Princes’ Park” stadium, within the fifth round of the group stage of the Champions League for the current season 2023-24.

Newcastle United’s goal was scored by Alexander Isak in the 25th minute of the current Champions League match.

Paris Saint-Germain vs Newcastle United

Paris Saint-Germain and Newcastle United are in Group 6 (Group of Death) of the Champions League groups, accompanied by the Italian team AC Milan and the German Borussia Dortmund..

Paris Saint-Germain currently occupies second place in its Champions League group standings with 6 points, while Newcastle United is in fourth place with 4 points, Borussia Dortmund tops the standings with 7 points, while Milan occupies third place with 5 points.

Paris Saint-Germain vs Newcastle United

Paris Saint-Germain enters the match and its goal is to avenge the defeat it suffered at St. James Park a month ago, from Newcastle 4-1 in the first leg between the two teams, as well as achieving 3 points that will lead it to qualify for the next round.

Paris enters the match coming off a huge victory over Monaco 5-2 in the previous round of the French League, while Newcastle won 4-1 over Chelsea.

Paris Saint-Germain is missing the services of Brazilian captain Marquinhos, who was injured with the Brazilian national team during the match against Argentina in the World Cup qualifiers, while youngster Warren Zaire Emery is absent due to an ankle injury.

Paris Saint-Germain vs Newcastle United

Historically, both teams have never met in official matches before, whether in the Champions League or any other competition, except in the previous match, which the English team won by four goals to one.

Paris Saint-Germain is superior in marketing value by one billion euros, at the expense of Newcastle United, whose value reaches 598 million euros.

The formation of Paris Saint-Germain was as follows:

Goalkeeper: Donnarumma.

Defense line: Achraf Hakimi, Danilo, Skrinar, Hernandez.

Midfield: Lee, Ugarte, Fabian Ruiz.

Offensive line: Kylian Mbappe, Kolo Mwani, Dembélé.

While the formation of the Newcastle United team was as follows:

Goalkeeper: Bobby.

Defense line: Trippier, Schar, Lascelles, Liveramento.

Midfield: Joelinton, Bruno Guimarães, Miley.

Offensive line: Gordon, Isak, Almiron.