In the third round of the 22/23 Champions League, Group H faced a crucial battle, with Paris Saint-Germain away to Benfica. In the first half, Messi's full moon curved knife broke the deadlock, and Danilo swung himself. In the second half, Neymar's barb shot hit the crossbar, and Ashraf and Mbappe missed a good opportunity.
Paris Saint-Germain is now strong, with the first team worth nearly 900 million euros, while Benfica is only 260 million, and the gap between the paper strength of the two teams is obvious. However, in the first two rounds of matches, Paris Grande and Benfica both won 2 consecutive games, and the difference was only the goal difference. In the face of this top battle, Paris coach Galtier did not dare to be idle, and Messi, Neymar and Mbappe Trident joined forces.
In the first 15 minutes, in front of the Paris Saint-Germain goal, Donnarumma was very busy, and the high receiver resisted the continuous defusing shots of Gonzalo Ramos and Neres.
In the 20th minute, Paris Saint-Germain suddenly exerted his strength, Mbappe knocked back from the front of the penalty area, Neymar followed the trend and passed again, Messi followed up with a left-foot shot, a full moon machete straight to the dead corner, 1-0!
In the last 3 club matches, Messi has scored from the field, which is also his first time to break Benfica's goal. So far, Messi has broken through the door of 40 teams in the Champions League, 2 more than C Ronaldo, ranking first in history.
In the 41st minute, Benfica also played a color, Gonzalo Ramos in front of the goal of a false shot, Danilo Pereira accidentally swung himself to the dragon, the score became 1-1!
Easy side to fight again, Paris Saint-Germain continued to create threats. In the 49th minute, Ashraf's powerful shot from inside the box was saved and Neymar barbed on the crossbar.
In the 61st minute, Messi forced a breakthrough in the middle and split the ball, but Ashraf's shot was saved.
In the 68th minute, Messi sent another wonderful pass, Mbappe arced the ball outside the penalty area to the far corner, and Vraccitimos flew to save and blocked the bottom line.
In this game, Mbappe played more of a fulcrum role, and there were not many opportunities to shoot on goal, only 2 shots were completed in the whole game, 1 shot was on target and 1 was deflected, and failed to score a goal.
In the Champions League top scorers, Mbappe has already trailed Haaland by 2 goals and failed to hold the top spot in the top scorer list.
In the 81st minute, Messi's pass was cut off, Benfica once again organized a quick counter-attack, and Gonzalo Ramos semi-single-handedly pushed and was again deflected by Donnarumma.
Donnarumma played quite impressively in this game, contributing 6 brilliant saves in the whole game. If it weren't for his good play, Paris Saint-Germain might have lost on the road. The Paris crowd was also a little impatient after the delay in scoring the winning goal, with Fabian Ruiz and Neymar receiving consecutive yellow cards in stoppage time.
In the end, Paris Saint-Germain drew 1-1 away to Benfica, which can also be regarded as a cold door. Since the 06/07 season, Paris Saint-Germain have played Benfica four times and still failed to win.
However, Paris Saint-Germain still relies on the advantage of goals to sit at the top of the table, and the situation of qualification is still very good.