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UCL | PSG 3-0 Milan: Mbappe’ leaves Rossoneri floundering

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2 years ago

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UCL | PSG 3-0 Milan: Mbappe’ leaves Rossoneri floundering

Milan’s Champions League marketing campaign is now hanging by a thread after a 3-0 defeat away to Gianluigi Donnarumma’s PSG, as Kylian Mbappé, Randal Kolo Muani and Kang-in Lee have been medical.

This had turn into a vital showdown for qualification, as Newcastle United have been prime of the group. Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Noah Okafor, Samuel Chukwueze and Ismael Bennacer have been out, however Rade Krunic and Pierre Kalulu had their first begins after over a month out injured. Mike Maignan and Theo Hernandez additionally returned from suspension in opposition to Juventus. PSG missed Marco Asensio, Presnel Kimpembe and Nuno Mendes, but it surely was the primary time Gianluigi Donnarumma confronted his former membership.

Simply days after he was despatched off in opposition to Juventus, Malick Thiaw obtained a yellow card 4 minutes in for dragging again Randal Kolo Muani.

Nevertheless, the Rossoneri did take the initiative and compelled a sequence of corners, Rafael Leao curling vast after an Olivier Giroud back-heel flick.

Kylian Mbappé flashed a shot vast from distance, however he opened the scoring. Warren Zaire-Emery turned Tijjani Reijnders to feed Mbappé, who minimize inside Fikayo Tomori and disguised the end on the close to publish, wrong-footing Maignan.

Davide Calabria changed Thiaw at half-time and PSG had the ball within the internet with Ousmane Dembele straight after the restart, but it surely was disallowed after a VAR assessment for Manuel Ugarte barging Yunus Musah off the ball within the build-up.

Moments later, Milan ought to’ve scored when an extended Maignan ball launched Pulisic, however he tried to roll it throughout for Giroud moderately than go for aim himself and the angle was too slender.

As a substitute, PSG did double their lead when a nook was taken brief for Dembele, Maignan obtained down rapidly to palm away the angled drive, however solely so far as Kolo Muani. The Milan defenders weren’t alert sufficient to react.

Maignan stored the scoreline down after Mbappé minimize inside Calabria on the counter-attack, whereas Donnarumma was proper behind the Pulisic strike and Leao curled nicely vast.

Giroud noticed Donnarumma off his line and tried the lob, however the Italian obtained again in time to pluck it out of the air.

Achraf Hakimi and Donnarumma mixed to push the Leao end vast of the close to publish from shut vary after an excellent Pulisic run.

Yacine Adli’s introduction sparked somewhat extra life into Milan and Giroud’s header was smothered by Donnarumma, however Maignan additionally fingertipped an Mbappé angled drive onto the far publish after a sweeping counter-attack.

PSG added a 3rd late on when Zaire-Emery burst down the proper, rolled throughout by way of a dummy and Kang-in Lee was prepared to comb in comparatively undisturbed.