Matvei Safonov combed his blonde ponytail before standing under the sticks. The Russian goalkeeper, signed this summer to Krasnodar, was the big surprise in yesterday’s lineup in Munich. His ownership meant the punishment for Donnarumma, pointed out by Luis Enrique after a problematic start to the season. Donnarumma is going through a period of dispersion that has cost his team important goals. The decision will have repercussions in Paris, where the Neapolitan goalkeeper enjoys the appreciation and activist support of the emir of Qatar, owner of the club and a football fan. Especially because in the 38th minute Safonov made a trick and put the goal on a plate for The Beginning of the End of a disappointing show (1-0).
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Manuel Neuer, Konrad Laimer, Dayot Upamecano, Alphonso Davies, Kim Min-Jae, Leon Goretzka, Kingsley Coman (Serge Gnabry, min. 71), Joshua Kimmich, Leroy Sané (Michael Olise, min. 70), Jamal Musiala (Thomas Müller , min. 76) y Harry Kane
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Matvey Safonov, Achraf Hakimi, Willian Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Marquinhos, Fabián Ruiz (Marco Asensio, min. 82), João Neves, Vitinha, Warren Zaïre-Emery (Lee Kang-In, min. 64), Ousmane Dembélé and Bradley Barcola (Gonçalo Ramos, min. 71)
Goals
1-0 min. 37: Kim Min-Jae
Referee István Kovács
yellow cards
Ousmane Dembélé (36 mins), Achraf Hakimi (56 mins), Kingsley Coman (66 mins), Nuno Mendes (70 mins), Michael Olise (75 mins), Gnabry (83 mins), Fabián (min .94) .
red cards
Ousmane Dembélé (min. 55)
The sign promised lights. Bayern-PSG is a substantial match. The reality was poorer. Bayern lack midfielders and PSG lack reliable forwards. Bayern and Musiala gravitate because Kimmich and Goretzka form a sterile double pivot, an easy target for pressure. It didn’t take long for PSG to control the match by stifling the Germans’ exit, but when they reached the opponent’s area they lost all lucidity. Barcola, Dembélé and Zaïre Emery did not give one. Because of him, PSG has only three goals in five games – three losses, a draw and a victory. Luis Enrique suffered watching them from the sidelines. The Spanish coach was contorting, as if expecting the worst. All of Vitinha’s magic in the center of the field was insufficient to activate what lay ahead. Min-Jae’s accidental goal, a clean header after a false start by Safonov, justified the Spanish coach’s agony. The expulsion of Dembélé in the second half definitively condemned PSG, which is 26th, in elimination positions. Zubizarreta already said it: goalkeepers who grow long hair are not trustworthy.
Stones, last to fall
Luis Enrique suffered with Safonov in Munich and Guardiola suffered in Manchester. After five lost games, City beat Feyenoord 3-0 and everything suggested that the crisis was dissipating when in the last minutes Moussa, Giménez and Hancko scored a hat trick. The 3-3 score exposed the anguish of City’s defenders, with Gvardiol leading the way. The Croatian gave the ball to Moussa at 3-1 and caused the error that led to the 3-2 score. Pep Guardiola, from the bench, was clutching his head. With City on edge, Feyenoord equalized in the last minute with a shot that broke the offside situation. Next Sunday, in the Premier, Liverpool awaits at Anfield and City continues to lose defenders and midfielders due to injury. The spiral of medical misfortunes has weakened the team to unexpected levels. John Stones was the last to fall.
