Paris Saint-Germain maintained the shape that noticed them sweep to the Champions League title with an emphatic win over Atletico Madrid of their Membership World Cup opener this afternoon.
Luis Enrique’s aspect have been irresistible within the blazing Los Angeles warmth as Atletico’s makes an attempt to show the sport right into a streetfight failed. Fabian Ruiz put PSG forward within the nineteenth minute and Vitinha added a second in first-half damage time. PSG substitute Senny Mayulu made it 3-0 late on earlier than Lee Kang-in’s penalty rounded off a massively passable opening matchday for the Ligue 1 giants.
Atletico provided a sporadic menace within the second half – Julian Alvarez seeing a purpose dominated out – however their problem was successfully ended when Clement Lenglet talked himself right into a second yellow card with 13 minutes to go.
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PSG stutter out of the blocks
It was Atletico who began the brighter with Argentina striker Alvarez fizzing a second-minute free-kick inches previous Gianluigi Donnarumma’s left-hand upright.
However PSG swiftly gained the higher hand with their midfield three of Joao Neves, Vitinha and Ruiz dominating the centre of the park.
The Spanish aspect have been doing their finest to disrupt PSG’s circulate with niggly fouls whereas boss Diego Simeone’s son Giuliano was seemingly on a one-man mission to get opposing gamers in hassle by rolling round in obvious agony after the slightest of touches.
Atletico have been struggling to get out of their half and additional sustained PSG strain led to the opening purpose.
Ruiz opens the scoring
Some neat play on the sting of the Atletico field noticed Khvicha Kvaratskhelia lay the ball again for Ruiz and the Spain midfielder rifled a left-footed shot previous Jan Oblak and into the underside nook.
Simeone brought on a quick second of panic when he burst by means of on purpose however as an alternative of operating on he opted to create a tangle of arms with Nuno Mendes after which fling himself to the bottom. Referee Istvan Kovacs rightly waved away the protests.
The sport moved additional away from the Rojiblancos on the stroke of half-time.
Seconds after Antoine Griezmann noticed a snapshot saved by Donnarumma, PSG surged ahead and Kvaratskhelia performed in Vitinha who ran by means of the guts of the Atletico defence earlier than slotting previous Oblak.
45 + 1′ | GOAL @vitinha — sensible strike to double the lead for @PSG_inside
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Oblak denies Kvaratskhelia
The Slovenia worldwide had no probability with that effort however he did produce an unimaginable cease to maintain his aspect within the sport shortly after half-time.
A lung-bursting run from Nuno Mendes noticed him pick Kvaratskhelia and, after the Georgian had reduce inside, he produced a strong shot that was solely saved out by Oblak diving full size to divert the ball onto the underside of the bar.
Atletico thought they’d capitalised on Oblak’s efforts by halving the deficit after 57 minutes. Nevertheless, after Alvarez had stroked house Simeone’s go, the purpose was disallowed after it was deemed Koke had gained the ball again through a foul on Need Doue.
Atletico have been additional enraged when Kovacs failed to provide a foul when Oblak was seemingly impeded and Lenglet took his protestations too far and was dismissed.
Sorloth shocker
The ten males have been briefly impressed and should have scored shortly after.
Marcos Llorente escaped down the appropriate and his low cross was inch-perfect for substitute Alexander Sorloth however the striker one way or the other blazed his effort over the bar from 4 yards out with the purpose gaping.
As within the first half, they have been made to pay.
Having made a multitude of attempting to clear Achraf Hakimi’s low cross, Griezmann inadvertently pushed the ball again into the trail of Mayulu and he made no mistake.
87′ | GOAAAAAL! Senny Mayulu certainly seals this for @PSG_inside with an incredible response and end!
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PSG weren’t finished and after Ibrahim Mbaye hit the submit, the following melee included a shot by Mayulu that hit the hapless Robin Le Normand on the hand. The referee went to the pitchside monitor and confirmed a penalty which Lee dispatched with ease.
