Jérémie Baron, Media365, published on Wednesday January 22, 2025 at 11:35 p.m.
Paris Saint-Germain won this Wednesday evening against Manchester City (4-2) on the seventh day of the group stage of the Champions League.
Paris first sank, this Wednesday evening against Manchester City, but it was simply to offer itself a fantastic comeback and a great thrill, in a Parc des princes conquered (4-2). The capital club, which recorded its third success in seven European matches this season, moved back above the waterline, to 22nd position, knowing that 24th is the last qualifier for the play-off phase. And this 24th place is also occupied by Stuttgart, to whom PSG will go in a week with the assurance, in the event of a draw or victory, of seeing the next round.
Faced with a City team in full doubt but which had got back on track this weekend on the pitch of Ipswich Town (0-6), Paris took control in the first period, like the attempt by Désiré Doué, early in the match (5th). In the middle of the first act, it took Joško Gvardiol on the line to prevent Fabián Ruiz from opening the scoring (26th). Playing against the odds in this tactical war between old friends Luis Enrique and Pep Guardiola, the four-time reigning English champion proceeded against and still called on Gianluigi Donnarumma, notably through Kevin De Bruyne (13th) and Savinho (40th).
-Ten minutes of madness
At the break, while Paris emerged from the locker room with confidence, the entry of Jack Grealish combined with the numbness of the locals shook everything up, in the space of three minutes. The English international with big calves first found himself in a perfect position to light the net, after a breakthrough from Manuel Akanji on Nuno Mendes and a five-cushion billiard shot into the area (0-1, 50th). Then, found on the left, he was the author of the cross deflected by Vitinha and from which Erling Haaland, very discreet until then, took advantage (0-2, 53rd). With his back against the wall, Paname found himself obliged to react so as not to throw away his good first half, and did not give City time to take advantage of their advantage. And this is thanks to Bradley Barcola.
A high-class action from the latter allowed Ousmane Dembélé to reduce the gap (1-2, 56th) then the former Lyonnais pushed deep a ball from Désiré Doué which had bounced off the crossbar (2-2, 60th): four goals in ten minutes for a crazy scenario. It was at that moment that PSG took the upper hand, only to lose. By pushing hard (Dembélé even came close to an anthology goal, also finding the bar, in the 71st), the locals were rewarded when João Neves, who had sent his header over in the first period in a roughly similar situation, this time found the fault, alone at the far post receiving a free kick from Vitinha (3-2, 78th). The Ile-de-France residents even scored a fourth goal, in added time, when Gonçalo Ramos, after a first failure against Ederson (90th), took advantage of a ball unintentionally returned by Gvardiol to find the top corner (3-2, 90th). +3). Perhaps, finally, the match that Paris needed.
