new defeat for Parisians who are sinking deeper into the crisis

FOOTBALL – PSG still cannot find the solution. Weighed down by the expulsion of Ousmane Dembélé and an error by Matvey Safonov, the Parisians once again fell in the Champions League this Tuesday, November 26 in Munich (1-0), and find themselves with their backs against the wall before their last three matches .

With three defeats, a victory and a draw, the team coached by Luis Enrique only has four points and must win two of its last three meetings, against Salzboug, Manchester City then Stuttgart, if it wants not to be the one of 12 teams out of 36 eliminated at the end of the league phase. The top 8 directly qualifying for the round of 16 is now out of reach.

This shows the chasm that opens under the feet of the Parisians, who have never been eliminated in the first round of the Champions League since the arrival of QSI at the head of the club in 2011. And yet, PSG was not unworthy in front of a melting Allianz Arena. From the first period, he looked Bayern Munich straight in the eye, carrying out very effective pressing and conceding few chances.

Kim Minjae opens the scoring for the Germans

First tile: the blunder by Matvey Safonov, preferred to Gianluigi Donnarumma who usually makes them himself, allowed Kim Minjae to head his clearance from a corner taken by Joshua Kimmich (38).

And the expulsion of Ousmane Dembélé in the 57th minute for a second yellow card confirmed that the evening was taking a bad turn. One of the offensive detonators of last season, who has been blowing hot and cold for several months, can blame himself. His first yellow card was distributed following a challenge in the first period, proof of his nervousness when he must be a leader for this young PSG.

His team, however, returned from the locker room with the same intentions as in the first, with an intense physical fight to compete for possession of the ball with the Germans who also love it.

Defeat also for Brest, but much less bitter

However, despite these promises in the game, Paris has still not shown efficiency in the Champions League. The thrills on Manuel Neuer's cage were very few. First a crushed strike from Dembélé who forgot to shift Bradley Barcola, unmarked (20th). Then on a recovery from Fabian Ruiz, Dembélé forced Neuer to make an uncomfortable save, before a recovery from Joao Neves brushed the post (32nd). The small Portuguese midfielder attempted several interesting strikes until the end of the match.

But the results remain meager. While Bayern Munich had numerous opportunities to kill the match, but were surprisingly clumsy, confirmation that Vincent Kompany's mandate opens without euphoria. Safonov made up for it by deflecting two shots from prodigy Jamal Musiala (7, 72). Serge Gnabry missed his restarts twice in the 73rd and 89th minutes. As for Harry Kane, flamboyant since his arrival at Bayern in the summer of 2023, he missed almost everything on Tuesday evening.

Second French club entered this Tuesday, Brest also lost 3-0 at Barcelona, ​​but the defeat of the Bretons is much less bitter than that of Paris. Brest did well against FC Barcelona, ​​its five Champions Leagues and its Polish striker, Robert Lewandowsky, and nevertheless retains all its chances of appearing among the play-offs for the round of 16, a feat for its first participation in the queen club competitions.

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