Paris Saint-Germain lost this Wednesday, October 4 against Newcastle during the second day of C1 (4-1). The English take the lead of group F.
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Last Saturday’s draw against Clermont in Ligue 1 (0-0) did not bode well for Paris Saint-Germain. This Wednesday against Newcastle, the capital club tasted the boiling atmosphere of Saint James’ Park. And the Parisians, who are struggling to find their cruising speed at the start of the season, did not repeat their first performance of the group phase, on September 19, when they left the lawn of the Parc des Princes with a victory (2-0) against Dortmund. In England, Paris took on water, literally and figuratively. It must be said that against Newcastle, the task seemed in theory more difficult than against the German club, which is also having a mixed start to the season.
Luis Enrique’s men, however, have the opportunity to open the score quickly when Ousmane Dembélé takes advantage of a cross from Mbappé. His left volley passes right next to the left post (5th). What followed: a real Parisian mess, with loss of balls and approximate passes. It is also one of them which is at the origin of the first English goal. Guimarães against a full-axis restart from Marquinhos. Alexander Isak is served and asks for Donnarumma. The PSG goalkeeper pushes back, Miguel Almiron follows, opens his left foot and scores the opposite net (17th). Newcastle scored their second goal in the first half with a header from Dan Burn (40th). PSG had not been led by 2 goals at half-time in a Champions League match since December 5, 2017 against Bayern Munich (also 2-0).
Newcastle’s great series
The third goal arrives in the second half with Sean Longstaff who pierces Donnarumma with the right (50th). The reduction in the score is the initiative of Lucas Hernandez, scorer with a cross deviation of the head towards the small right net (56th). In the 77th minute, Nick Pope managed to deflect a powerful strike from Dembélé with both hands. There will be no “comeback” on the Parisian side. Worse, Newcastle crucified Paris in added time, with a ball into the top corner from Fabian Schär after yet another loss of ball, this time with his back to the game (90th+1).
The players of Newcastle (8th in the Premier League), who have just had three victories, including an 8-0 defeat against Sheffield and the elimination of Manchester City in the League Cup (1-0), are back in C1, after two decades of absence. Luis Enrique, the coach who arrived in the capital in the summer, said on the eve of the match that we were going to see, in this famously hot stadium, what PSG was made of. This evening, there was no discussion possible: Paris was not up to the task.