This Tuesday, Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig face off for the third round of the Champions League group stage. At Parque dos Príncipes, Maurício Pochettino’s team won 3-2, in a comeback, with two goals from Messi and one from Mbappé. André Silva and Nordi Mukiele did it for the Germans.
Neymar was embezzled by the Parisians, with pain in his adductors. Ronaldinho Gaúcho, who defended the PSG colors between 2001 and 2003, was present at the stadium as a guest of honor.
A very special guest on the pre-match live ????
The legend @10Ronaldinho ✨#UCL | #PSGRBL pic.twitter.com/DPmyjdR0Ri
– Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) October 19, 2021
With the result, PSG is in the lead of group A, with seven points. RB Leipzig, in turn, is at the bottom, with three defeats in three games.
In the next round, the teams face each other again, this time in Germany. The departure will be on November 3rd, at 5 pm (GMT).
In the first half, on a counterattack, Mbappé opened the scoring for the hosts. The attacker ran alone, reached the area and hit the goalkeeper’s right corner.
The Germans reached the tie in the 28th minute. Angelino called André Silva, free, inside the area, and the Portuguese sent him to the back of the net.
In the second stage, RB Leipzig managed to turn around in the 12th minute. Angelino, once again, crossed into the area and this time he found Nordi Mukiele, who sent in the left corner.
The French team didn’t take long to tie the game again. Mbappé got the ball in the intermediate, advanced and played for Messi to send it to the back of the net, also counting with a touch on the crossbar. And the Argentine ace turned the game around, at 29, in a penalty kick, with the right to cavadinha.
In stoppage time, Mbappé isolated another penalty kick, which could have been PSG’s fourth goal.
Real Madrid beat Shakhtar with goals from Vinícius Jr and Rodrygo
At the same time, in Ukraine, Real Madrid thrashed Shakhtar 4-0 and recovered from a surprising loss to Sheriff in the last round. Vinícius Jr, ex-Flamengo, shone with two goals, while Rodrygo, ex-Santos, also went to the net. Kryvtsov (against) and Benzema completed the scoring.
The Spanish team, now sharing the leadership of the group with Sheriff, will face Shakhtar again in the next round, this time at the Santiago Bernabéu.
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— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) October 19, 2021
Check out other results from this Tuesday:
Ajax 4×0 Borussia Dortmund
Atlético de Madrid 2×3 Liverpool
Porto 1×0 Milan
Inter Milan 3×1 Sheriff
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