He can still do it. Lionel Messi led Paris St. Germain to an important win against Manchester City thanks to a dream goal. His delight at the hit was clear to see.
Led by superstar Lionel Messi, Paris St. Germain won the duel of the heavyweights in the Champions League. PSG won 2-0 (1-0) against last year’s finalists Manchester City and initially took the lead in RB Leipzig’s Group A. Messi, who recently missed two games with a knee injury, scored his first goal for his new club.
In Paris, neither Messi nor one of his congenial strike partners Kylian Mbappe or Neymar met initially – instead, midfield clearer Idrissa Gueye (8th) struck early. ManCity struggled, but could not overcome the Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. Messi (74th) made it better, who gave Manchester goalkeeper Ederson no chance with a flick.
Embarrassing bankruptcy for Real
Real Madrid meanwhile suffered an embarrassing bankruptcy: Against the blatant outsider Sheriff Tiraspol from Moldova, the Spanish soccer record champions lost 1: 2 (0: 1). Former international Toni Kroos, who was substituted on in the second half and played his first game since losing the European Championship round of 16 against England after recovering from a pubic bone injury, did not prevent the defeat. Sebastien Thill (90th), national player of Luxembourg, thrashed the ball shortly before the end worth seeing for the decision in the corner.
Klopp trimmed
The German team manager Jürgen Klopp has meanwhile firmly in view of the round of 16 with Liverpool FC. At FC Porto, the Reds triumphed 5-1 (2-0), the Egyptian Mo Salah (18th, 60th) and Roberto Firmino (77th, 83rd) scored twice in their second win in the second game.
In Liverpool’s Group B, Atletico Madrid follow in second place in the table. In the happy 2: 1 (0: 1) at AC Milan, Luis Suarez converted a hand penalty (90 + 7) to the decision in stoppage time. With the Italians, Franck Kessie (29th) had seen yellow-red early on.
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