Newcastle set up a party with Paris Saint-Germain as a guest! Eddie Howe’s team blew me away 4-1 the Parisians in the suffocatingly full and… hot “St James Park”, to rise alone first to the top of the standings.
Super performance from the hosts, they did everything they wanted to the guests and plunged them into reflection, since they continue to show bad face.
At the same time, at “Signal Iduna Park”, Dortmund and Milan were “stuck” in 0-0 and shared a point each, with the hosts taking their first of the season and the visitors the second.
The 2nd matchday
Newcastle-Paris 4-1
(17′ Almiron, 39′ Bern, 50′ Longstaff, 90’+1′ Ser – 56′ Hernandez)
Dortmund-Milan 0-0
The next (3rd) matchday (25/10):
Paris Saint-Germain-Milan (22:00)
Newcastle-Dortmund (22:00)
The rating
Newcastle-Paris Saint-Germain 4-1
Derby only on paper at “St James Park”, after the hosts dominated all the lengths and widths of the pitch, showing from the very first duel that in order to lose they will have to “bleed”. Somehow the 1-0 came relatively naturally, with Almiron taking the rebound from Donnarumma’s intervention to score in the 17th minute. And in a terribly strange duration phase, which was examined 4-5 minutes in VARthe promoted Byrne gave the home team a two-goal lead and set… the stands on fire.
Newcastle stormed into the second half as well, making it 3-0 in the 50th minute through Longstaff, with Hernandez equalizing for Paris six minutes later. Nevertheless, the Parisians showed helpless to find a second goal to stress the hosts, as a result of which they eat a fourth in the 1st minute of stoppage time and Cher makes the final 4-1, putting the icing on the cake.
Dortmund-Milan 0-0
In the other group match, Dortmund and AC Milan were locked in a 0-0 draw and each took a point. The game had good pace and phases from both sides throughout, but the goal did not come nor by… application mainly due to the failure of the footballers.
With both teams having a huge phase, but neither Milan’s Giroud nor Dortmund’s Schlosserbeck managed to shake a knit in the first half, which was perfectly balanced.
In the second half, Dortmund may have had possession, but they did talkative and wasted one phase after another. With Milan more convincing, but not effective, since their classic moments did not turn into goals, with Pulisic, Hernandez and Raiders not even finding the back of the net and 0-0 remaining until the final.
Source: Sport Fm
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