Thursday, 28 November 2019
Real Madrid 2-2 PSG: Los Blancos’ Performance Improved
By db-admin
DBasia.news – Real Madrid lost badly to Paris Saint-Germain in the final duel. In this meeting, retaliation is not the main goal of Madrid. Madrid failed to maintain a two-goal advantage when hosting PSG at the Santiago Bernabeu, Wednesday (27/11), ending in a 2-2 draw.
Both teams immediately display the game with a fast tempo at the beginning of the match. Both Real Madrid and PSG both immediately took the initiative to attack to score an early advantage in the game.
Real Madrid finally succeeded in scoring the first goal in the 17th minute through Karim Benzema’s efforts to maximize the ball as a results of Isco’s kick. After goals from Benzema, Real Madrid continued to press the back line of PSG.
Entering the middle of the first half, PSG managed to get out of the pressure of Real Madrid and turns to press. However, they have not been able to create an equalizing goal position and the first half ended with the score 1-0 for Los Blancos.
After halftime, both teams continued to take the initiative to attack. The entry of Neymar also made the front line of PSG increasingly aggressively to press on Real Madrid’s defense.
Continuing to press, Real Madrid became the first team to have a golden opportunity in the second half. In the 60th minute, they almost doubled their lead. However, Isco’s cheat on the near post was still broken by Keylor Navas.
In the 80th minute, Karim Benzema successfully doubled the advantage of Real Madrid. However, Kylian Mbappe was able to return a goal from Benzema a minute later after taking advantage of a mistake from Thibaut Courtois.
Two minutes later, PSG scored their second goal in this match. This time, it was Pablo Sarabia’s turn to successfully hit Courtois’s goal with a hard shot from outside the penalty box.
The 2-2 score became the final result of the match between Real Madrid vs PSG. These results has made it certain that Thomas Tuchel’s team came out as Champions League group A champions. Meanwhile, Real Madrid had to settle for the runner-up position.
REAL MADRID PLAYERS VS PSG:
Real Madrid: 13-Thibaut Courtois; 2-Dani Carvajal, 5-Raphael Varane, 4-Sergio Ramos, 12-Marcelo; 15-Fede Valverde (10-Wound Modrid 76 ′), 14-Casemiro, 8-Toni Kroos; 22-Isco (27-Rodrygo 82 ′); 9-Karim Benzema, 7-Eden Hazard (11-Gareth Bale 68 ′)
Coach: Zinedine Zidane
PSG: 1-Keylor Navas; 12-Thomas Meunier, 2-Thiago Silva, 3-Presnel Kimpembe, 14-Juan Bernat; 27-Idrissa Gueye (10-Neymar 46 ′), 5-Marquinhos, 6-Marco Verratti; 11-Angel di Maria (23-Julian Draxler 75 ′), 18-Mauro Icardi (19-Pablo Sarabia 75 ′), 7-Kylian Mbappe
Coach:
Thomas Tuchel