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PSG kick off their Champions League campaign against titans Juventus on Tuesday after a dazzling start to the Ligue 1 season, with the Lionel Messi, Neymar, ...

That leaves a risky lacuna in the Parisians’ lineup – with very little in the way of cover if one of their ageing defenders gets injured. For all the money fire-hosed at PSG – for all the talk that this season it would finally bear fruit – they crumbled in the face of a historic club with decades-long pedigree, as Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema scored a second leg hat trick to tear down PSG’s lead and send them crashing out of the tournament. It was a 6-1 beating that seemed to expose the Parisians as amateurish parvenus with no place at football’s top table. It looked like PSG had joined the ranks of the giants. The [Champions League](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/champions-league/) is the theatre of PSG’s most passionate hopes for glory, and over recent years the tournament’s knockout rounds have provided stages for the tragic denouement of those hopes. So will the Parisians finally shake off their reputations as also-rans in club football’s top tournament?

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The Frenchman strikes off his left foot looking for the bottom corner, but he scuffs his strike slightly and it bobbles out for a goal-kick. Just moments ago, Locatelli came on for Milik. Weston McKennie's 53rd minute header keeps the visitors within touching distance, though, for now. Two defensive changes for PSG. Locatelli charges into the box and rides a challenge. Verratti comes off for Sanches.

Top French football club Paris St-Germain has been criticised following a joke about the team using a private plane for a short journey.

English Premier League clubs regularly fly for domestic matches due to convenience. "To be perfectly honest with you, this morning we talked about it with the company who organises our trips and we're looking into travelling on sand yachts." Head coach Christophe Galtier and star player Kylian Mbappé were asked about the French champions' recent jet trip to the western city of Nantes.

Christophe Galtier and Kylian Mbappé cracked up at the coach's suggestion of using “a sand yacht” for short trips.

It really costs less, since for a sum of 100 to 150 euros, you can go there in a sand yacht and effectively with a carbon footprint equal to zero. “To be very honest with you, this morning we spoke with the company that organizes our trips, and we’re trying to see if we can travel by sand yacht.” We can all have the giggles at the least opportune moment, and it really was the least opportune moment. Politicians were quick to jump on the issue. President Emmanuel Macron on Monday urged everyone to “do their bit” to fight climate change. Then he turned to Kylian Mbappé, his star striker, who dissolved into laughter.

French lawmakers and officials heaped criticism on Christophe Galtier after he joked about the team's use of chartered flights during a national drive to ...

He retweeted video apparently posted by a PSG player of team members aboard their flight to the Ligue 1 match on Saturday night. Alain Krakovitch, the director of the French rail company’s TGV-Intercity service, noted the network’s high-speed trains can travel the roughly 380 kilometers (240 miles) to the western city in just under two hours. To be very honest with you, this morning we spoke with the company that organizes our trips, and we're trying to see if we can travel by sand yacht.”

Not for the first time on the Champions League stage, star-laden PSG sprinkled moments of greatness into a match it should have fully controlled.

And the fact it wasn’t suggests exactly why PSG has so often disappointed in Europe and why doubts remain about its ability to cross that final barrier. PSG was able to hold the ball for long periods and run down the clock. For the first, scored after five minutes, Mbappé pushed the ball to Neymar and then accelerated into the box, smashing in a volley as the Brazilian scooped the ball over the Juventus defense. By the mid-point of the first half it seemed Juventus had been reduced to damage limitation. But it’s one thing to dazzle in France, quite another to do so in the Champions League. Then it became self-indulgent, and by the end, while it was never exactly hanging on, it was definitely anxious.

Kylian Mbappe produced two lethal first-half finishes as Paris Saint-Germain got their latest bid for Champions League success off to a winning start by ...

Mbappe, coming in from the left, supplied Neymar before continuing into the box to meet the Brazilian's delightful return pass with a volley across goalkeeper Mattia Perin and into the far corner. He needed just five minutes to open the scoring on a balmy evening at the Parc des Princes after linking up brilliantly with Neymar, one of his rivals for the limelight in PSG's squad of superstars. Mbappe signed a new deal in Paris to 2025 with the aim of leading his hometown team to a first Champions League title after a decade of disappointing defeats and occasional humiliations at the business end of the competition.

Paris St Germain coach Christophe Galtier and striker Kylian Mbappe were facing a backlash on Tuesday for laughing off a question about why the team took a ...

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Paris St Germain (PSG) coach Christophe Galtier and striker Kylian Mbappe have been facing a backlash for laughing off a question about why the team took a ...

Paris St Germain (PSG) coach Christophe Galtier and striker Kylian Mbappe have been facing a backlash for laughing off a question about why the team took a private jet for a short trip to a game in Nantes last weekend, instead of using more eco-friendly trains. Quizzed on PSG’s jet trip to Nantes at a news conference on Monday, Galtier and Mbappe looked at each other and the World Cup winner burst out laughing as his coach responded with a quip. PSG coach, striker Mbappe face backlash for laughing off a question about why the team took a private jet for a short trip.

It's a clash of titans with the Parisians taking on the boys from Turin. Can Leo Messi and Co. overcome the Italian giants? Let's find out together!

The Parisians attempt to play around their defense but Kimpembe is fouled and they will restart with a freekick. Once again PSG reclaim the ball and work the ball to the left. A foul by Neymar in the middle of the pitch. A Juventus freekick on the right side of the field. To the right they go, but again back to the defense. In the end PSG regain the ball and will have a throw deep in their defensive third. A low cross from the Frenchman is blocked and PSG have a corner. Neymar is yet to get to his feet and it would seem the clock is going to run out on this one. A foul in the middle of the field on Messi. Juventus appear to have a renewed sense of purpose with McKennie but it's brought to an end by Leo Messi of all people who breaks from the defense and then unleashes Mbappe. Again the Parisians probe but Juventus manage to break and eventually win a throw in. PSG with the ball once again but Juventus win it and break immediately.

Kylian Mbappé showed no respect to the Old Lady. The PSG star striker scored two superb goals Tuesday as Paris Saint-Germain started its Champions League ...

"I have a new role in the side now. I am trying to adapt to that new role while also scoring goals." The home side then had Donnarumma to thank for a fine save to keep out a Dusan Vlahovic header, but a bigger margin of victory for PSG would not have been undeserved, with Perin keeping out a late Neymar volley. Leandro Paredes played a short corner on the left to Filip Kostic, and his cross was headed home by McKennie with Donnarumma caught in no-man's land. He needed just five minutes to get the breakthrough on a balmy evening after linking up brilliantly with Neymar, one of his rivals for the limelight in PSG's squad of superstars. He signed a new deal in Paris to 2025 with the aim of leading his hometown team to a first Champions League title after a decade of disappointing defeats and occasional humiliations at the business end of the competition.

One of the marquee matchups of the opening Champions League group stage slate pits European giants PSG and Juventus against one another, with the first ...

There's not enough consistency from Juventus to present PSG a challenge at this stage in the season. The club has lacked creativity in the final third, with just 6.52 xG (expected goals) across the five matches, sitting Juve eighth in Serie A, miles behind the likes of Napoli, Inter, and AC Milan. Neymar is at the forefront, with an insane seven goals and six assists through just 455 league minutes, both which put the Brazilian atop the Ligue 1 charts. Angel Di Maria is also likely to play against his former side after a free transfer over the summer. The club reached the finals in 2020, only to fall to Bayern Munich. Juventus also crave European glory, having failed to progress past the quarterfinals since their finals loss to Real Madrid in 2017. The only rotation has come along the defensive line. Dominating Ligue 1 play despite locker room adversity, Galtier must now navigate the Champions League knowing his employers expect to hoist a trophy at the end of the season. Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has an ankle injury and will be replaced by Mattia Perin. Captain Marquinhos has started consistently, but the others have rotated. Otherwise, they've only reached the semifinals once, bounced in the Round of 16 four times and the quarterfinals four times since 2012. Tue, Sept.

Kylian Mbappe played chief tormentor as Paris St Germain started their Champions League campaign by beating Juventus 2-1 at home on Tuesday, their first ...

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French football giants Paris Saint-Germain faced an angry backlash Tuesday after coach Christophe Galtier and star player Kylian Mbappe mocked a suggestion ...

[Anne Hidalgo](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/anne-hidalgo/), who is waging a crusade to reduce vehicle traffic in the capital's centre, tweeted: "It's not on to answer stuff like that???? "From June to August, Messi made 52 flights with his private jet, amounting to 1,502 tons of CO2 emissions. And I think this was the wrong moment to burst out laughing." "We must all take climate change seriously," he told BFM-TV. "Mr Galtier -- we have become accustomed to more relevant and more responsible answers from you. Shall we talk about it?"

El delantero francés firmó su séptimo partido con al menos un par de goles en la Champions League.

De ahí al descanso pudo aumentar su renta el conjunto galo y aunque Donnarumma evitó milagrosamente un gol italiano, el dominio de la situación local fue absoluto... O haber empatado, así de extraño fue el partido que, a fin de cuentas, decidió el que debía hacerlo, Mbappé. Ganó al final el PSG por la mínima pudiendo hacerlo con comodidad... [Kylian Mbappé](https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/jugador/_/id/231388/kylian-mbappe), un poco de [Neymar](https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/jugador/_/id/132948/Neymar), alguna aparición de [Messi](https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/jugador/_/id/45843/lionel-messi)... No pocas ocasiones pero poco control. y poco más.

French football giants Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday faced accusations of failing to take climate change seriously, after coach Christophe Galtier and star ...

"From June to August, Messi made 52 flights with his private jet, amounting to 1,502 tons of CO2 emissions. I am aware of the responsibility we have," Galtier told Canal Plus. "I have no thoughts," he replied in the press conference when asked for his view on the train travel option. Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire called Galtier's response "inappropriate" while Paris' left-wing mayor Anne Hidalgo tweeted: "It's not on to answer stuff like that???? This is Paris." Galtier and Mbappe were asked at a press conference on Monday whether they had discussed an offer from the state railway group SNCF to provide travel for them to away games.