Paris Saint Germain VS Borussia Dortmund || Post match analysis ⚽

After a long break, the UEFA Champions League has started again. Fans were eagerly waiting for this one of the most popular tournaments in the world. The Champions League 2023/24 season started yesterday with the match between Newcastle United and AC Milan in Italy. Fans were lucky enough to watch some great matches in the last season. In the end, the English giant Manchester City won the crown of the best in Europe for the first time after a long period of wait. Like the last season, football lovers are looking forward to enjoying a good fight this season as well.

French giant Paris Saint-Germain and German club Borussia Dortmund met yesterday in their first match in the Champions League group stage. PSG is one of the teams in Group F known as Group of Death this season. Along with PSG, the remaining three teams in this group are Borussia Dortmund, Newcastle United, and AC Milan. The teams will enter the field in their first match. PSG and Borussia Dortmund entered the field at Parc des Princes in Paris at 1:00 AM Bangladesh time.

There was a lot of discussion and criticism around this match. Compared to the last season, PSG's team is much weaker this season. This season PSG has seen some big changes in the coaching panel along with the players. The two big stars of the team, Brazilian star Neymar Jr. and Argentine star Lionel Messi have left the team. PSG's strong attack with Neymar - Messi and Mbappe is hope for a team that has failed for two seasons in a row. So the team released the other two stars except for Mbappe. In addition to this, some other important stars have left the team!

After so many changes, many thought it would be difficult for Paris Saint-Germain to perform well in this match. But the performance of the team on the field was extraordinary. French star Kylian Mbappe and Moroccan star Ashraf Hakimi performed well in this match. Based on their performance, Paris St. Germain beat the German team 2-0 in the first leg.

In yesterday's match, PSG started playing offensively from the beginning. The players of PSG continued to advance toward the opponent's goal post with one attack after another. On the other hand, even though Dortmund were tied behind in the ball position, they were also countering well. But in the first half, no team could see the desired goal. Both teams went into the break with a scoreless draw.

Kylian Mbappe, the main player of the team, led the team by scoring from the penalty after the break. His goal in the 49th minute gave PSG the lead for the first time in the match. Moroccan star Ashraf Hakimi scored the second goal for PSG minutes later with a superb finish for his side. With his goal, the team advanced 2-0 in the match. After falling behind by two goals, Dortmund were desperate to get back into the match. Despite trying one after another, the team failed to get the desired goal. As a result, Paris Saint Germain won the first leg with 2-0 goals

Manchester City, Barcelona, RB Leipzig and Porto won the rest of the day's matches. However, United - AC Milan and Lazio - Atletico Madrid left the field with a goalless draw.

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