PSG vs Real Madrid: Di Maria nets brace as Parisians win 3-0
- Paris Saint-Germain vs Real Madrid finished 3-0 in favour of the French giants
- Di Maria scored a brace to inspire his side to the comfortable win at Parc des Princes
- Both sides were eliminated in the round of 16 of Champions League last season
Paris Saint-Germain vs Real Madrid ended 3-0 in favour of the French champions as they had a perfect start to their Champions League campaign.
Angel Di Maria scored a first half double as Thomas Munier added another to complete a sweet revenge for the Parisians.
The Wednesday night, September 18, match saw both sides miss the services of key players, with Neymar, Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe all missing the Group A opener.
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Real Madrid also lined up without a host of players, including skipper Sergio Ramos, Isco and Marcelo.
Eden Hazard and Gareth Bale however made a return to the fold, with the pair partnering with Karim Benzema upfront in hunt for goals.
But the star-studded side could not find the back of the net, with Di Maria returning to haunt his former club with two goals.
Hazard came closest to scoring the opener, but fired wide despite having acres of space he had earlier created.
Di Maria went on to break the dead-lock in the 14th minute, poking the ball with great power into the bottom left past a helpless Thibaut Courtois.
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The Argentinian doubled the advantage on the half-hour mark, creaming an unstoppable drive towards the bottom-right corner to make it 2-0.
Gareth Bale thought he had pulled one back for Madrid four minutes later, only for VAR to disallow it.
The second half of the match saw the visitors take full control of proceedings but could not create any goal scoring chance.
At the stroke of stoppage time Thomas Meunier got his name on the score sheet, scoring PSG's third goal to put the game beyond Madrid.
PSG now sit top of Group A with three points, two above Galatasaray who settled for a draw against Club Brugge in another group fixture.
In the other group game, Club Brugge and Galatasary settled for a scoreless draw as both clubs move to second behind PSG who have maximum points.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that Chelsea vs Valencia saw Ross Barkley miss a crucial penalty in the Blues defeat but club boss Frank Lampard has insisted there is no issue in the dressing room.
Fikayo Tomori won an 87th minute penalty for Chelsea after the VAR spotted Daniel Wass' hand interfering with the defender's header.
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