Winner of Dortmund 2-0, PSG responded for the first day of the Champions League while Lens is expected on Wednesday September 20.
First day of the Champions League and first good blow for PSG. Despite a very timid first period this Tuesday September 19 at the Parc des Princes, even extremely poor in quality of play, Luis Enrique’s men raised the level of play in the second half to win 2-0 against a team of Borussia Dortmund who “respected too much” PSG in the words of the coach at the end of the match. Thanks to a penalty from Mbappé on a hand fault after returning from the locker room and a Hakimi festival, the Parisians take the lead of the group since at the same time, the Italians of AC Milan conceded a very sad draw 0- 0 on the San Siro side.
Among the other results of the evening, Barça achieved the success of the evening against the modest Royal Antwerp team. Final score 5-0 with another great performance from the Portuguese Joao Felix, transformed since his transfer to Catalonia. Porto, for its part, did the job against Chakhtior by winning 3-1, Manchester City was surprised by Red Star by trailing but quickly set the record straight thanks in particular to a doubled by Alvarez. Let’s also note the good move from Lazio who snatched a draw in the last seconds against Atlético Madrid thanks to a goal from their goalkeeper.
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For its part, RC Lens will travel this Wednesday at 9 p.m. to the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium to face Sevilla FC, winner of the Europa League last year. The Sang et Or also lost at home this weekend (0-1 against Metz) and are in last place in the Ligue 1 standings. They must absolutely take advantage of this European meeting to bounce back, because they also fell into a very tough chicken. For this, they will be able to count on the return of the essential Facundo Medina in defense (suspended against Messins) but will have to do without David Pereira da Costa, Massadio Haidara and Nampalys Mendy, who are unavailable. Sevilla FC started its season almost as badly as the Lensois, since the Rojiblancos are 17th in Liga and only obtained their only victory this season last Sunday against Las Palmas (1-0). The Sevillians also have to deal with a few absentees (Marcos Acuna, Tanguy Kouassi, Marcao). In the other match of this group B, Arsenal will host Peter Bosz’s PSV Eindhoven, undefeated this season and playing spectacular football.
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The group stage of the Football Champions League will be played from Tuesday September 19, 2023 to Wednesday December 13, 2023. As for the final, it has been set for June 1, 2024.
The battle for TV rights continued to rage before this Champions League season. UEFA has awarded the French TV rights for the “Big Ears Cup” to beIN Sports and Canal, which will thus ensure the broadcast of the Champions League. RMC Sport will co-broadcast the two best Champions League posters with Canal until 2024 and beIN SPORTS will offer all of the remaining matches.
