It was a performance to forget that Marquinhos produced last night at St. James’ Park. The captain of Paris Saint-Germain, normally so reliable, completely collapsed and his nightmarish evening largely contributed to the Parisian rout (4-1 to the Magpies).
It was the Brazilian defender’s mistake that helped Newcastle into opening the scoresheet. He received the ball and tried to make a long pass with his left foot, but missed it and the ball wound up with Alexander Isak. The forward kicked the ball and Donnarumma made the save, but Almiron was quicker in the rebound and did not give a second chance to the goalkeeper.
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After that, in a corner kick, the central defender was not quick enough and could not do anything about Burn, who doubled the lead with a header. Stunned, the Parisians suffered the blow, with Marquinhos and his companions completely out of the picture due to a very confuse play.
From then on, Newcastle controlled the match, while Lucas Hernández scored for PSG, but it was not enough.
2/10
Due to the poor performance of both Marquinhos and Mbappé, French journal L’Équipe gave a 2 to the players’ performances.
“Positioned in the center, although he also moved to the sides, his first half was very disappointing. With the exception of the cross for Dembélé or another in stoppage time, he almost didn’t exist,” they wrote about Mbappé.
PSG is now the 2nd in the group, behind Newcastle, with Milan and Borussia Dortmund on the other positions.
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