The winners of the first day of the Club World Cup found themselves on this night from Thursday to Friday on the side of the pink Bawl Stadium in Pasadena. Crushing winner of Atlético de Madrid (4-0), Paris Saint-Germain met the iron with the Brazilian club Botafogo which had dropped the Seattle Sounders (2-1). A duel where European champions had to assume their favorite status against the team owned by John Textor. Luis Enrique thus organized Paris Saint-Germain in its classic 4-3-3 with three changes compared to the previous match. In defense, Lucas Hernandez and Lucas Berado were aligned with Achraf Hakimi and Willian Pacho. For his part, the Fogão densified his environment with the former Neapolitan Allan who was placed with Gregore de Silva and Marlon Freitas.
And you shouldn't have arrived late, because Paris Saint-Germain quickly imprinted a big tempo. Launched on the left side, KHVICHA KVAratskhelia quickly illustrated a heavy rolled strike, but John Victor pushed (2nd). Just behind, the Georgian was going to go back to a new issue, but his shot was just to the right of the frame (6th). The main Parisian threat, the former Neapolitan brought a nightmare to live in the side Vitinho and multiplied the initiatives and passed close to obtaining a penalty (13th). Nevertheless, Paris Saint-Germain narrowly missed in the last gesture and could not transform its domination.
PSG has never found the solution
Unfortunately this kind of situation is rarely without consequences and Botafogo was going to take advantage of it. Taking up his minds, the Brazilian club was going to enjoy a counter where Jefferson Savarino put Igor Jesus in orbit. The striker was then going to see his shot deflected by Willian Pacho Surprise Gianluigi Donnarumma (1-0, 36th). Paris Saint-Germain was then going to start from the front, but was breaking his teeth on the solid defense of Botafogo. On the return from the locker room, Parisians tried to react with this dangerous deviation from Gonçalo Ramos (52nd). However, it was almost everything for the club of the French capital who also saw Jefferson Savarino passed close to double the head of the head (53rd).
Luis Enrique then bet on a quadruple replacement with Fabian Ruiz, Bradley Barcola, Nuno Mendes and Joao Neves but that has not changed anything. Ile -de -France players continued to be sterile in the last gesture despite good intentions. Bradley Barcola thought was to equalize, but his goal was refused for an offside position by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (80th). The Georgian also had a good possibility on a free kick, but his strike passed over the goal of John Victor (90th +2). Finally, Paris Saint-Germain bowed 1-0 and finds itself second in this group. Botafogo is the new leader and finds himself qualified for the knockout stages. For Parisians, we will have to win against Seattle this Monday.
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