Paris Saint-Germain snatches a fatal draw against Newcastle United in the Champions League – Youm7

Written by Hani Abdel Nabi

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 12:11 AM

A team draw Paris Saint-Germain against Newcastle United 1-1, in the match that brought them together on Tuesday evening at the “Princes’ Park” stadium, in the fifth round of the group stage of the Champions League for the current season 2023-24.

Paris Saint-Germain vs Newcastle United

Newcastle United’s goal came from Isaac in the 36th minute of the match, while Paris Saint-Germain equalized through star Kylian Mbappé from a penalty kick in the 97th minute of the match.

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 vs Newcastle United

With this result, Paris Saint-Germain rose to second place in the Group Six standings with 7 points collected from winning two matches, drawing one match, losing two matches, scoring 8 goals and conceding 7.

While Newcastle United is in third place in the Group Six standings with 5 points collected from winning one match, losing two matches, drawing one match, scoring 5 goals and conceding the same.

Paris Saint-Germain failed 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 would lead it to qualify for the next round.

Paris entered 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 missed 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 two previous matches, which the English team won by four goals to one in the first and with a clean goal in the second.

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.