Di Maria is played into space inside the box on the right. There's a haze of smoke from fire crackers... and we're off! The attempts to unsettle Real proved fruitless. Zidane has injuries to deal with but this is a really interesting lineup tonight. That included a 3-0 home win over perennial champs Real Madrid to open tournament play. A thick wave of smoke floats over the pitch as Real break. That is some return for a player in decline. After a minute's silence for Davide Astori , constantly interrupted by noisy individual supporters shouting random stuff, the crowd bursts into a round of applause. What can PSG do now then? Perhaps the most eye-catching of the lot, though, is Wednesday's clash at the Parc des Princes between 13-time champions Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, a club desperate to join Los Blancos and others among the European elite. His first touch is poor, takes him away from goal and he cuts a pass back across the box for Cavani. Cavani barges into the back of the defender and gives away a free-kick. The first round of matches in the group stage of the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League is packed full of high-profile fixtures. Asensio's vision Vázquez's cross Ronaldo's header Real Madrid are on their way to the quarter-finals... pic.twitter.com/TeDNoSck9Q. One player does not a team make though and perhaps the other highly paid footballers who live in Paris might step it up a gear and pile on the misery for Zinedine Zidane's team, who are struggling in La Liga still. Asensio dribbles away from the corner, takes it 60 yards or so and then switches play with a long pass to the opposite corner of the pitch, dropping it at Ronaldo's feet. Gareth Bale comes on for Benzema and goes straight up top alongside Ronaldo. Real have men over, Ronaldo waits for the overlap, the pass comes into the box and Bale isn't anywhere near where he probably should be inside the six yard box. It was one of those goals we have seen him execute so many times before as he hangs in the air before powering home. That's a very attacking change and I think means PSG are now a 4-2-3-1 instead of 4-3-3. “Bravo,” he said. He snatches at it and hits the outside of the post. Real Madrid are having a bit of fun now. Even without the injured Neymar and Angel Di Maria, PSG were too strong, a breathless, entertaining first half giving way to a French obliteration in the second. Ronaldo dribbles into the box, knows the tackle is incoming and drops to the floor as soon as he gets touched. and both Benzema and Ronaldo are away with only the goalkeeper to beat. All that money spent... and PSG look a long way off being strong enough to really claim a place among the absolute elite of European competition. #PSGMUN #UCL #bbcfootball https://t.co/IZOoDpJnp4. There's a Uefa rule about this and it isn't 'flares are great!'. Jeeeeeeeez louise. Here’s how to watch PSG versus Real Madrid online. Instead, he lost possession and Asensio charged down the left to find Lucas Vazquez, who crossed deep and there was Ronaldo. #HALAMADRID!#APorLa13 pic.twitter.com/0YCYsNetEX. Vasquez comes down the left, cuts inside and Ronaldo takes the ball off him, looks for the one-two and then goes down far too easily in the area. The BT Sport panel are discussing how he's evolved from a winger to a more central striker - goalpoacher - even. For two clubs of PSG and Real's magnitude, they open their 2019-20 Champions League campaigns missing some key players and looking fallible. pic.twitter.com/GbYP83lKXP. I wonder if the smoke from these things had a bit of an effect on the defence for Ronaldo's goal? We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. As an aside, Dani Alves has been poor this evening. He's just jogging around waiting for the ball to be passed to him. Di Maria's dreadful pass gives Casemiro the chance to break! Plenty of Real Madrid supporters are in the Parc des Princes tonight already making a racket. Another shocking #UCL exit for #PSG MARCA’s report mentions that PSG want 180 million euros for the player, which means Real could be forced to work out a swap deal if they can’t scrounge up that kind of money. His goal was also his 53rd away from home in the Champions League – another record – and his 117th in total. Real Madrid was on the wrong end of a chastening 3-0 scoreline, as Zinedine Zidane's side was comfortably beaten by a PSG team without Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani. It should be 2-1 to Real. Carvajal is clumsy with it, Vasquez too and Di Maria is showing signs that he's wearing his frustrating skin this evening. Real Madrid slowing things down a bit now, making sure the midfield is packed and the defence are deep to stay away from the counter-attacking threat of PSG. Di Maria gets Neymar's spot tonight. Real Madrid made 38 tackles to PSG's 10 in that game, also winning 62 duels compared to 42. Real Madrid vs. Paris Saint-Germain. BENZEMA IS AWAY! Meciul dintre PSG și Real Madrid se va disuta la Paris, în această seară, de la ora 21:45. ASENSIO HITS THE POST! This was redemptive for coach Zinedine Zidane. Why did you do that. Substitution time: Motta off, Pastore on. Real Madrid are in complete control of this one with and without the ball. You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. PSG have been OK but just don't have enough in them - yet - to really trouble Real here. Rabiot and Verratti are dictating play from midfield at the moment, staying patient as PSG work their way into the Real Madrid half. Real win a corner, PSG break quickly and chase the ball, Real win it back and Ronaldo runs at goal. Benzema slows it down, the defenders can get back and Benzema's attempted placed shot is deflected behind. Pastore hits a useless cross behind for a goal kick. The pitch opens up for Draxler. The actual champions really are here and they're about to sing the words to the Champions League theme song. For PSG, their season is now over and that will be crushingly hard to take, while coach Unai Emery will pay the price. They did not start with Gareth Bale, Toni Kroos or Luka Modric, but they had Ronaldo and impressive young performers, such as Marco Asensio. He gives the ball away, Asensio capitalises and bursts down the left, cuts back, and then spins beautifully to face the goal and threads a pass into Vasquez. Bale has been on for a while now, been outpaced twice by defenders and I don't think done any defensive running off the ball at all. Flares are going off, the noise is enormous... this should be ace! He's threaded in behind the defence and hurls himself to the floor but the referee doesn't buy it. Thiago Silva is back in too. They're pinging quick passes around to try and link play.... and the break is on! Benzema slows down, looks to place it... and the goalie saves. You can understand it, the PSG fans are very loud and the home side are attacking with purpose early on, but they need to keep hold of the ball better. Real Madrid attack and Marcelo can't find Ronaldo even though he has all the time he needs to pick him out. Real Madrid are attacking. Mbappe is subbed for Diarra. Defending champions Liverpool face Napoli in Italy, Borussia Dortmund host Barcelona, Shakhtar Donetsk play Manchester City and Juventus meet Atletico Madrid. It's a scrappy opening few minutes in the artificial fog and Real are passing well, asking the early questions. It's awful defending, PSG … Before that, Karim Benzema had spurned a hat-trick of chances, including being put through, only for his half-hearted shot to be turned into the side-netting by goalkeeper Alphonse Areola, who also saved from Sergio Ramos. PSG is in the driver’s seat for Champions League Group A, thanks to winning its first four matches. Real Madrid will be without suspended defenders Sergio Ramos and Nacho, while Marcelo, Isco, Luka Modric join the cast of missing stars. Di Maria is played in down the left. Of course, Mbappe won’t come cheap. Wait, what?! Ronaldo has 10 goals in his last five games. This is our starting XI for tonight's Champions League match against @PSG_English! That is the kind of return PSG crave, and their task was made all the more difficult by the absence of the injured Neymar. PSG thrashed Real 3-0 in Paris on matchday 2 to take control of Group A, but Los Blancos have rallied since then. There had been fireworks and flares outside their team hotel at 1.30am and even more pyrotechnics greeted their arrival as PSG whipped up an extraordinary atmosphere. As such, the clashes between the French champions and Los Blancos are likely to decide who tops Group A and theoretically earns the easier tie in the first knockout round. He takes a touch and then launches a sliced effort at goal which hits the side netting. Big chance for PSG! Both sides go into the fixture on the back of domestic victories, with Real beating Real Sociedad 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday and PSG earning a 2-0 win over Lille in Ligue 1 on Friday. Why. It's a corner, Asensio gets it short and dribbles into the area where he fires a low cross into RAMOS - saved by the goalkeeper! But he shot instead of squaring to the unmarked Cavani. PSG attack, Mbappe works some magic and hooks the ball into the air for Cavani to shoot... but it's wide. Real Madrid are pressing high but have a fairly deep defensive line. Real Madrid published their squad list for Wednesday's Champions League opener against Paris Saint-Germain. You need to do some more work than that, Gareth. PSG still not finding a way to get in behind this Real Madrid defence. Ronaldo’s goal stemmed from a mistake by Dani Alves, who was signed to bring PSG the experience they lacked in such pressure games. In the Parc des Princes there was only one king of the Champions League. PSG 3-0 REAL MADRID - MEUNIER. Emery doesn't want this to become embarrassing. Di Maria runs down the right now though at full speed, gets ahead of Kovacic, who slides into a tackle and takes the ball off him. And then this: Guess who Rio Ferdinand is talking about? Verratti spots it and dives into the sliding challenge, catching Casemiro. Mbappe finds space down the right, tries to play in Cavani for a tap in inside the box... but it's out for a goal kick. Please note: these shit cartoons are not made for kids in anyway. He then can't believe a foul has been given against him for bringing down Yuri. Casemiro has the ball in the final third and hits a driven pass into Ronaldo's path. The cross is superb and floats towards Ronaldo in the mist, who buries the header. Real had sealed their place in the knockout stages for a record-extending 23rd successive year thanks to Club Bruges' 1-1 draw at Galatasaray earlier while PSG had also already qualified. FULL TIME - PSG 3-0 REAL MADRID . Marcelo goes in hard to make sure PSG can't break from it. Mbappe is played in behind! Bale tries a shot from 25 yards but it's straight at the goalkeeper. This is quite interesting (I think). - is what people were saying a little while ago. Match Odds (courtesy of Caesars): PSG 23-20, Real 11-5, Draw 13-5 Videos you might like PSG have never really lived up to their potential in the Champions League. Din păcate, pentru PSG, Emerey nu îl va putea folosi în această seară pe Neymar, jucătorul care a costat-o pe PSG 222 de milioane de euro. People, that is, except ME! Dani Alves catches Ronaldo with his arm, trying to brush him aside as he chases the ball after an offside decision goes against the Real Madrid player, but Ronaldo kicks out at him! READ MORE: Depleted Real win again to keep pace with La Liga leader Atletico Perhaps the most eye-catching of the lot, though, is Wednesday's clash at the Parc des Princes between 13-time champions. He has a player right and left, both move into space and they run at the PSG goal with an overload. It's a smart little move by Real Madrid and Benzema cuts a clever reverse pass into the six yard box for the Spaniard to attack. It doesn't matter, the ball bounces to Casemiro, who shoots and gets a lucky bounce off a defender which takes the ball over the goalkeeper. “I want to apologise to the fans,” midfielder Adrien Rabiot said. PSG host Real Madrid tonight as both sides start their Champions League campaign with injury hit squads with Sergio Ramos, Neymar, Kylian Mbappe, Luka Modric among stars not available. Real look wobbly for the first time this evening as the ball pings around their six yard box and then comes off Cavani's knee. “It is a disappointment to lose in the last 16, but not to lose against Real Madrid,” Emery said, but that will not cut it. Di Maria tries a rabona cross (why) but shockingly it doesn't quite come off and a nervy looking Real Madrid attack down the right with Ronaldo. PSG try to pass out from the back, Real close them down high up the pitch and win the ball back. The Brazilian grabs his leg and then rolls around the pitch as though chasing cheese down a hill... and the referee books Verratti. PSG's buildup play is great, they're working it into the final third really well too - but once there, nobody seems to have an idea of what do with the ball. Di Maria gives the ball away (how many times can PSG get away with that tonight?) Thomas Meunier adds a third after some lovely play with his opposing full-back. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. Match Odds (courtesy of Caesars): PSG 23-20, Real 11-5, Draw 13-5. Mbappe attacks down the right, uses some lovely little skill to play in Pastore... and Cavani is offside. Really nice passing football from both teams so far. The Spaniard will not be in charge next season, while there will be bitter disappointment at the French giants falling short again in a competition they desperately want to win. Ronaldo’s was not the only goal and there was even an equaliser from Edinson Cavani, which gave a brief flicker of hope before Casemiro consigned PSG to defeat. 3 - Paris Saint-Germain mustered just three shots against Real Madrid in the first half; the lowest total they've managed at home in the Champions League since October 2015 (also v Real). In scoring – as he did twice in the first leg – he led Real to an eighth successive Champions League quarter-final as they strive to win it for a third season in a row. PSG have no option but to go for it now - this could be unbelievably entertaining. Going out to Real is no disgrace, especially since this was a different Real to the side who finished second to Tottenham Hotspur in their group. Dani Alves tries to do a little too much and is tackled, Ronaldo tries an impossible shot from 25 yards and wins a throw. They contain swearing, cartoon violence and non-children themes Ronaldo scores two! The eternal quest for a Champions League trophy evades PSG once more and that will probably be all for Unai Emery. Last Updated: 10th February, 2021 14:33 IST PSG Boss Mauricio Pochettino Takes Dig At Barcelona, Real Madrid Amid Lionel Messi Links PSG manager Mauricio Pochettino has taken a sly dig at Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid as Lionel Messi transfer talks intensify. Real Madrid is visiting PSG to begin the first match of this year's group stage. The free-kick is wide right, whipped into the middle and headed away. Marcelo crosses early and Ronaldo rises in the cloud of flare created fog to head at goal... and he's just wide!
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