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Paris Saint-Germain finish shock second in Group H despite beating Juventus

Paris Saint-Germain finish shock second in Group H despite beating Juventus

Kylian Mbappe scored the opening goal and set the stage for the winner to Paris Saint-Germain as they defeated Juventus 1-1 in the Allianz Stadium in the Champions League on Wednesday. They ended up finishing second of their groups.

PSG went into the game with the belief that they must win to guarantee top position in Group H. They started the match on the same level but ahead in goal difference against Benfica which played Maccabi Haifa at the same time.

Scores by Mbappe as well as Nuno Mendes appeared to put PSG ahead of the pack to be top of the group, however Benfica defeated Haifa 6-1 to remain level with PSG on points , while also passing PSG on goal difference to be crowned group winners with the most away goals scored.

We've defeated Juventus twice before and were extremely happy until the 92nd second minute, PSG coach Christophe Galtier declared after the match. "But If you want to be successful in this tournament, you need beat the bigger teams. Let's see who is drawn and see who is drawn for the final round,report by best online slots malaysia.

When we had a 7-2 win last week (over Maccabithe Maccabi team], we were off the pitch at 90 minutes minute. We were unable to score enough goals from set-pieces as we did in the game against Haifa. If we had conceded just one goal less, we'd be first in the group.

In the same way he has through the course of his Champions League career, Mbappe scored a stunning early goal to start proceedings. Mbappe France player snuck past his opponent after receiving a goal from Lionel Messi, went to his left and smashed a dazzling shot from the top of the field over Wojciech Szczesny to give PSG ahead.

Juventus which were already out of the knockout round did not seem deterred by Mbappe's display of brilliance and placed an immense pressure on PSG backline in the moments after the opening goal, which saw Manuel Locatelli and Juan Cuadrado both just a hair off of scoring from a the distance.

The action was continuing at the end of the match as Mbappe's shot that looked like a winner from 30 yards was close, and Fabio Miretti barely missed Gianluigi Donnarumma's far post after finding space within the area . The teams traded opportunities around the 30 minute mark.

A well-deserved equaliser finally arrived for Juventus with the help of club legend Leonardo Bonucci, who was able to redirect the low Cuadrado shot over the top of the goalmouth and into the the net after half-time. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Juventus were the more dominant team in the opening moments of the second period, however, substitute Mendes made the game work in PSG's favor by scoring a well-taken strike off an Mbappe assist shortly in the 68th minute after replacing J.B. during the 68th minute.

Filip Kostic's shot in the 78th minute from high in the area was saved by Donnarumma but it fell into the direction of Locatelli to score an easy goal that could have equalized the score, only to have the goal declared offside.

In the wake of Benfica winning against Maccabi Haifa, Juventus still was able to get a place for the Europe League despite the defeat and, together with PSG as well as the Portuguese champions, will find out their opponents in the upcoming draws on Monday.

The loss meant that Juventus were eliminated from 5 of 6 Champions League group stage matches for the first time in their history. Prior to this year's campaign, they'd suffered just five losses in one Champions League season back in 2002-03, in which they fell in one match in the initial group stage, and three in the second stage as and the semifinal matches.