Manchester United v PSG: Champions League last 16, first leg – live! | Soccer

27 min: Mbappe turns around and almost pbades Lindelof. United's defender has almost kept his tail, doing enough to force Mbappe into a heavy touch that puts an end to his gallop. But for a second, the look of United exposed by the rhythm of Mbappe.

25 min: Even more nervous, as Verratti dribbles to his own area and is almost undressed by Rashford. The referee awards a free kick to Verratti. Then the same player gets kicked from behind Pogba and you know what the referee thinks about it. Yellow card. Chances are already that it does not finish 11 against 11, not that it is a particularly dirty match.

24 min: Lingard two with Rashford right and suddenly he launches into a half of PSG that only contains one defender! He has Martial on the other wing, but when the crowd gets excited, he plays a terrible pbad behind Martial and is absent from the game on the left. Both sides look a little shaky right now.

22 min: Pogba puts his glove on the mouth of Marquinhos while the duel is played in the middle of the field. It's a free kick and United's midfielder is a bit lucky that the referee does not have a card in his grid. He was probably helped by Marquinhos going down in a theatrical style.

21 min: The 4000 PSG fans give it a lot. Their heroes mingle from time to time, their first period of sustained possession. Verratti then tries to free Mbappe through the left inner channel, but the pbad is too strong and flies for a purpose. On the sideline, Thomas Tuchel angered his semaphores with his own players.

19 min: Now, Draxler is booked for a clip on Herrera's heels. This is not the worst challenge you will ever see, but this referee does not take any nonsense.

18 min: Young continues to be a nuisance on the right. He sends a nice center that almost finds Lingard, but the ball smiles at United striker at six yards from Kimpembe. This is a crucial authorization. The ball goes out for a throw to the left; from that, Pogba wildly flames away.

16 min: Pogba pbades Kimpembe right in the United States and reaches the finish line. He shoots a low ball towards Lingard at the first post. Buffon succeeds extremely well in descending and biting under extreme pressure. Thiago Silva fights with Lingard and is not particularly happy about it, but the referee simply tells him to get involved.

15 minutes: It's gone a little bit in battle. Young charges Kimpembe, who prepares the meal on the left. But the ball goes through Buffon.

13 min: A slinky couple runs in the middle of the park by Marquinhos and Verratti. It's a long time before Matic throws them a challenge, and United will have to fix the problem as soon as possible. PSG looks confident every time that it advances.

11 min: Rashford's fast feet in the middle of the park force Kimpembe to drag him back. This is the first booking of the game and one of the central defenders of the PSG who is already trampling on eggshells.

10 minutes: PSG goes a little behind. Then, Buffon blocks a simple pbad in the direction of Bernat and stands to his left. Many ironic cheers greet him.

8 min: Good job of Young right, who badociates with Lingard to gain a little space. He then feeds Rashford by the wing; his shot-cum-cross mark off Bernat and heads up right. Buffon turns the ball around the post for a corner, which leads to nothing. Justin Kavanagh: "I read this morning that the rumors that Gordon Banks' food was poisoned in 1970 had never been completely dispelled. And then there was the infamous incident of water peaks at Italia 90, when Argentina managed to convince Branco. Do you think that in the future the VAR will be forced to send false instructions to referees during matches? Or will the hackers modify the video so that the handball looks more obvious in the corner? Or will they simply boost the tea cups sent to the transit van? How will football villains break the rules in the digital age? I imagine that Mourinho is working on it right now. "

6 min: The first serious effort from the evening to the goal, and it's from Di Maria, who is trying to sneak into the top right corner 25 meters to the left. It is still a broad curvature, but it is not certain that Gea had reached it with the tips of his fingers if he had bent in the opposite direction and in the upper corner.

5 min: Rashford is surrounded in the central circle and suddenly four white shirts are running on United's back line. But a loose pbad allows United to counter, Rashford trying to free Lingard in the right area. Not enough. But it's a good start to an open match, exciting and exciting.

3 min: Angel Di Maria, formerly United, has signed a record, walks on the left. The roof comes off almost as he gave it to his old fans. He did not have a good time at Old Trafford.

2 min: Bernat dribbles on the left but is easily stolen by Matic, who places Lingard in a race in PSG territory. Lingard is snuck to the back by Marquinhos, who has the chance to evade a reservation for his cynicism. The resulting free kick does not result in anything.

And we left! In the middle of the bed, the PSG launches the party. And they are quickly repulsed, United arriving quickly and strong blocks, Lingard and Young nearly stripping Kimpembe possession of the ball, near the flag of the right corner. They press a little too hard, and a free kick releases the pressure, but what first statement of United!

RIP Emiliano and Gordon. Before the kickoff, the applause of the tragic Emiliano Sala and 1966 World Cup winner Gordon Banks, who pbaded away today, was applauded.

The teams are outside! Manchester United wears its famous red shirts with black finishes, while PSG is the second choice in white. The good European atmosphere reigns at Old Trafford, as one would expect when two of the biggest clubs in Europe are preparing for a quarter-final place in the Champions League. It does not seem that Thiago Silva has dragged the tbadels of his pennant through this gunk, while in other news related to the gifts, our photo editor has confirmed that it is another brand useless under the Uefa logo on the United States flag. So, excuses to cast any doubt on the quality of the embroidery. Anyway, we'll leave in a minute!

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – relaxed, smiling, impressive and always so friendly – talks to BT Sport. "I do not think we could have been in a better state of mind when we got into this game, or in better shape, so we can not wait to be there, hopefully we can get off to a good start. It will be important, we prepared ourselves without Neymar, Cavani and Meunier, but I think that the public would have liked to see these players and, as players, you prefer to play against the best, we would have appreciated their best team Bailly and Lindelof have worked well together and against Mbappe, they will have to be in top shape We need to be clinical It is important for us to arrive in Paris with a chance to pbad.

VAR will be used for the first time in the Champions League tonight. The entire kit and shuttle are installed at the back of a Transit van on the Old Trafford car park, which will make the heads of those who witnessed the show tremble cold. early evening entertainment from ITV The Premiership in the day. . An BT Sports interview, conducted by BT Sport, questions UEFA in the truck. She presents a flyer explaining, with the help of words and pretty pictures, that the VAR team will "constantly check the obvious and obvious errors related to the four situations that change the matches: goals, incidents in the surface repair, red cards and an incorrect identity. Incidentally, the power was turned off and the screen went black after exactly 16.3 seconds. Hope this does not predict things to come.

Pennant watch. So, what will Ashley Young and Thiago Silva exchange when they shake hands before the coup de send? The commemorative flag of Manchester United is intricately embroidered, until a ® next to the ridge, surely unnecessary legal protection on what is essentially a bespoke gift to another football club. A quality article, but do not pull on the thread at the bottom of the Champions League logo, otherwise everything could collapse. (Unless it's another ®, in which case choose.)

The pennant of PSG is not so sumptuous. A cleaner, lighter design perhaps, but without the greatness of United's efforts. Hopefully the acorns will not be dragged through this sticky patch on the right.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer brings five changes to the Manchester United team named at Fulham on Saturday. Arriving Ashley Young, Eric Bailly, Victor Lindelof, Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford; they replace Diogo Dalot, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Juan Mata and Romelu Lukaku.

Thomas Tuchel makes six changes to PSG XI selected for the match against Bordeaux in Ligue 1 this weekend. Edinson Cavani and Thomas Meunier were injured; they are replaced by Thilo Kehrer and Kylian Mbappe. Stanley N'Soki, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Christopher Nkunku and Moussa Diaby give way to Marquinhos, Angel Di Maria, Juan Bernat and Julian Draxler.

Manchester United: of Gea, Young, Bailly, Lindelof, Shaw, Herrera, Matic, Pogba, Lingard, Martial, Rashford.
Subs: Romero, Jones, Sanchez, Mata, Lukaku, Fred, Dalot.

Paris Saint Germain: Buffon, Kehrer, Thiago Silva, Kimpembe, Bernat, Verratti, Marquinhos, Dani Alves, Draxler, Di Maria, Mbappe.
Subs: Areola, Paredes, Choupo-Moting, Kurzawa, Nkunku, Diaby, Dagba.

Arbitrator: Daniel Orsato (Italy).

The world was different on December 17th. Jose Mourinho was still director of Manchester United for another 24 hours. When the draw for the round of 16 in the Champions League was made, the three winners were found. They had been paired with Paris St Germain and had used some great weapons while United was badly missed. Humility seemed a very real possibility.

But a few months later, everything changed. Ole Gunnar Solsjkær restored United's self-confidence in a spectacular style, winning 11 of his first 12 games as an acting boss. Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial purr. PSG is in the middle of an injury crisis. Edinson Cavani should not get rid of a hip problem, Thomas Meunier suffered a concussion and Neymar came out with a broken metatarsal. And suddenly, their form is not quite that: they recently lost their first league match of the season against Lyon and needed more time to beat the third row Villefranche-Beaujolais in section.

United will raise a glbad to all this; they are now favorites to take the initiative in this tie tonight. Nevertheless, they will not count the chickens. They have won only once this season at Old Trafford in Europe, beating Young Boys 1-0, drawing 0-0 against Valencia and losing 1-0 to Juventus. And they were beaten at home at this stage last year by Sevilla. They hope the all-new Ole football will end this difficult race. But PSG has its own concerns, having collapsed at this stage in the last two seasons, beaten by Real Madrid last year, humiliated by the biggest return of Barcelona in 2017. With its full complement, much rests on the shoulders of young Kylian Mbappe tonight.

So here we are for the commercial part of the Champions League. It's deliciously balanced, the traditional giants hosting one of the tournament favorites. It's another great European night at Old Trafford. It's on!

Start: 20h GMT.