The essential
- PSG Thomas Tuchel won in pain tonight at home against Leipzig (1-0).
- Neymar offered the victory to his team with a penalty early in the match but it was complicated … The first shot on target in the game came in the 94th minute.
- Tuchel’s men were too messy to destabilize their opponents, hitting in front and calm with the ball.
- Leipzig can harbor great regrets. Now they are tied for second with PSG (6 points), behind Manchester United, alone in the lead (9 points).
- Precision of size: if the two clubs finish the group stage on equal points, it is PSG which will qualify thanks to the particular goal difference.
»Relive this evening of football minute by minute
END OF THE MATCH. PSG won in pain and joined Leipzig in second place in Group H, behind Manchester United.
There is not much to take away from this performance except the three points. One thing is certain: the midfielder’s puzzle is far from resolved. The Paredes-Herrera-Danilo trio was in great difficulty against the German block, which deserved better tonight.
90 + 5 ‘. It was Sarabia’s turn to create a scoring opportunity. But he misses his volley.
90 + 4 ‘. Rafinha on the verge of the break. The Brazilian tries his luck with his toe after a new combination in motion. Gulasci pushes back with the tips of his gloves. This is the first shot on target in the game tonight …
90+2′. Rafinha and Verratti finally offer forward passing sequences in the German camp. We can feel the difference with the midfielders who started the match.
90 + 1 ‘. There will be six minutes of added time!
90 ‘. Replacements. Neymar and Mbappé leave the lawn, replaced by Kean and Sarabia.
89 ‘. Sabitzer knocks aside. The Austrian is found at 25 meters on a good action. His heavy strike is far too crossed to worry Navas.
88 ‘. PSG does nothing more than defend at the end of the meeting. For now, it’s holding, the Germans are struggling to enter the opponent’s area.
84 ‘. Barely entered into play, Verratti also receives a yellow … His tackle on Nkunku is not at all controlled. The faults have multiplied in the midfield for five minutes.
82 ‘. Herrera at the limit of the red card. Caught up in the center circle by Poulsen, the Spanish midfielder made a nasty tackle.
81 ‘. Neymar is enraged. The Brazilian seems sometimes more occupied by the fact of dribbling his opinion-à-vis than making the right pass.
79 ‘. Corner still dangerous. Poulsen rises the highest but his head ends up over the bar.
77 ‘. Neymar and Mbappé finally combine. The two arrows of PSG create danger on an action built on the left wing. The one-two is finally stopped by a German foot.
74 ‘. Change on the Leipzig side. Sorloth replaces Forsberg up front.
70 ‘. On the verge of breaking up. It’s a bit the impression that players of the capital give off now. Marquinhos, then Danilo released in extremis German centers, without worrying about the recovery.
67 ‘. PSG now play five behind. Danilo fell back in the middle of central defense. Mbappé and Neymar are alone in front.
Paris, finalist of the last Champions League, therefore plays in 5-3-2 at home against Leipzig. We did not expect this scenario …
65 ‘. Danilo expresses his anger, forced to push back for a corner at the last minute on a new foray from Forsberg.
64 ‘. Di Maria, transparent tonight with the ball to the foot, is replaced by Rafinha. Olmo gives way to Justin Kluivert, and Mukiele to Orban.
61 ‘. Poulsen, still missed. Leipzig’s number nine once again misses its end. This time it was on a cross from the left.
56 ‘. Neymar loses the ball again. The Brazilian persisted in keeping the ball in midfield as several Germans charged him. Very frustrating performance of the Ney for the moment, who runs a lot but pays very little to his ball catches.
52 ‘. Finally a Parisian possession sequence. PSG circles finally orient the game for several tens of seconds in a row. Unfortunately, after several circulations from left to right, the phase ends on a long ball in the direction of a German defender.
50 ‘. Leipzig is close to equalization … This time, it was Forsberg who narrowly missed his volley on a cross from Mukiele halfway up the right side. Navas was beaten.
48 ‘. Dangerous free kick from Nkunku. Its powerful center is hardly repelled by the Parisians. The Germans are leaving with the same intentions and the same intensity.
REPRISE. Leipzig restarted the meeting. No changes on either side.
HALF TIME. Paris is ahead, but there is cause for concern. Except for the penalty converted by Neymar, those first 45 minutes saw Leipzig step on the ball and win the midfield battle.
Fortunately for Tuchel, the German attack is missing for the moment in the last gesture.
45 + 1. What a failure from Forsberg. Magnificent action of the Germans. Olmo overflows right side and crosses on Forsberg launched to 16 meters and in good position of strike. But his shot flies above.
45 ‘. One minute of added time.
41′. On the following action, we still find the Brazilian – very agitated this evening – author of a full axis breakthrough. But it does not get better than a corner, the fault of a lack of solutions on the part of Di Maria and Mbappé.
40 ‘. Yellow for Neymar. The Brazilian hits a late German, a gross foul sign of the nervousness of his people.
38 ‘. Big fear for PSG! Keylor Navas fends off a shot against Haidara from 25 meters. The eleven Parisians were in their camp on this action but that does not prevent them from undergoing so much they are disorganized.
34 ‘. Faults on both sides. This first period is not really exhilarating but we cannot blame the 22 actors for any lack of commitment, like this rough duel between Paredes (necessarily him) and Poulsen.
31 ‘. PSG relies on free kicks. Di Maria, very little active, tries his luck in the 35 meters. His powerful strike ended at the foot of Gulasci’s left post.
25 ‘. Neymar forced to come down. The Brazilian playmaker loses the ball in midfield after a series of dribbles thirty meters from his cages. An action that sums up the muddled performance of PSG.
18 ‘. The non-existent PSG environment. Late in the duels, little concerned in the creation of the game … Paredes, Herrera and Danilo make a low quality start. Result: the team seems to be split in two.
16 ‘. Mbappé’s chisel! ! ! After an interesting combination with Neymar, the Frenchman tries his hand at a volley. It goes far above.
15 ‘. Paris jostled. Apart from this penalty, PSG struggles to master its subject. Leipzig is much more impactful and manages to attack in numbers.
12 ‘. Upamecano on the verge of equalizing. Lhe French defender from Leipzig forces Navas to deflect for a corner. His crossed head was perfect.
11 ‘. 1-0 FOR PARIS! ! ! The Brazilian deceives the goalkeeper Gulasci with a strike with the flat of the right foot at ground level.
9 ‘. PENALTY FOR PSG. Di Maria is hooked in the area on an express counter. It is Sabitzer who is guilty of a slight crus-en-leg.
7 ‘. Danilo as a very low sentry. The Portuguese midfielder, whom Tuchel often plays in central defense, is looking for very low balls for the moment. He seems to want to be the team’s first raiser.
4 ‘. Commitment but also a lot of technical waste. The two formations try to go quickly forward but for the moment lack accuracy in the transmissions.
2 ‘. Entrance yellow card for Forsberg. The Swede is guilty of a big sole on Paredes at the entrance to the Parisian surface.
KICK-OFF. PSG play in blue, Leipzig in white.
8:55 p.m. BAD PASS. PSG sank in Monaco on Friday (3-2), ending eight straight wins in Ligue 1. This is already the fifth defeat this season for the Tuchel team (3 in L1, 2 in C1), who play big tonight too.
8:50 p.m. INTERVIEW. “When Mbappé and Neymar are there, it’s another game”. Find HERE our exchange with Amadou Haïdara, the Malian milieu of Leipzig.
8:40 p.m. All about the eleven of PSG. Tuchel made five changes from the eleven who started in Leipzig on November 4 in the 2-1 loss.
– Italian striker Moise Kean is a substitute, victim of Tuchel’s tactical choice to opt for the 4-3-3 rather than the 4-4-2.
– The middle Marco Verratti, if he is back on the scoresheet after injuring a knee in October, starts on the bench.
– In the absence of Presnel Kimpembe, suspended, Abdou Diallo occupies his post in central defense, alongside Captain Marquinhos.
– The young Dutchman Mitchel Bakker starts as a left-back, in place of Layvin Kurzawa.
20h30. COMPOSITIONS.
Paris SG: Navas – Florenzi, Marquinhos, Diallo, Bakker – Herrera, Danilo, Paredes – Di Maria, Mbappé, Neymar.
RB Leipzig : Gulacsi – Mukiele, Konaté, Upamecano, Angelino – Sabitzer, Haidara, Forsberg – Nkunku, Poulsen, Olmo.
8:15 p.m. Win to stay in control of your own destiny. Here is the classification of group H after three days:
1. Manchester United (6 points, + 5).
2. Leipzig (6 points, -2).
3. Paris Saint-Germain (3 points, 0).
4. Istanbul Basaksehir (3 points, -3).
20h00 EDITED. Our reporter Dominique Séverac reminds us that PSG are never as good as their backs to the wall. “It’s a good night to respect your DNA. And keep it, ”he says. Read his post HERE.
19h45. ANALYSIS. Paris is counting on its executives and its trainer to avoid a European elimination which would be a real sporting and industrial disaster. All the challenges of this meeting analyzed HERE.
7:30 p.m. Welcome to this evening under high pressure. For this 4th day of group stages, PSG challenges Leipzig. A defeat would have a back-loathing of elimination… and of crisis in the club of the capital.
