After 20 years without seeing the Champions League at St. James' Park, Newcastle United with Saudi money made a big appearance this Wednesday in Europe with a rout against Paris Saint Germain (4-1), which once again disappointed in a great night in the Old Continent.
And curiously, in this Newcastle sponsored by Saudi Arabia, two of the three goals were scored by local men, Dan Burn and Sean Longstaff, - 'Geordies' as the inhabitants of the region are known -, and helped by Miguel Almirón which opened the scoring and the way for the 'Magpies' first European victory in three years.
It was an exhibition by Newcastle, who left a lot to be desired against Milan on the first day, on a night that Nick Pope saved, but they improved a lot supported by their stadium and against a PSG that continues to be unable to motivate itself in these games.
Luis Enrique's men also started with a shot in the foot. After Dembelé hit a volley that grazed the post and scared the 'Magpies', Marquinhos was in charge of clearing the tension at St. James' Park with an error unbecoming of a player of his experience.
The game was another European catastrophe for PSG, who only smiled slightly when Zaire-Emery, the 17-year-old boy who excites this team, invented a chipped pass over the Newcastle defense and catalyzed Lucas' goal of honor Hernandez.
It was not enough to lead to a possible tie and Newcastle, who scored the fourth in stoppage time with a great goal from Schar into the top corner, remain undefeated after two games in Europe, with four points and leaders of this Group F. They are followed by PSG, with three units, Milan, with two, and Borussia Dortmund, with one.
Starting substitute against Leipzig, Julián Álvarez's departure onto the field with eight minutes remaining relieved Manchester City, who buried their patch of poor results with a great goal and an assist from the Argentine striker that helped the English team to win 1-3 and lead group G of the Champions League.
Julián Álvarez stopped time at Leipzig's RB Arena. When the game was dying and his team was about to add another blow, he grabbed the ball at the right corner of the German team's area, looked askance at the goal defended by Janis Blaswich and created a shot that went into the corner of the goal. german.
That was the end of all the suffering for Manchester City, who lived on the wire due to their inability to define a match that definitively agonized when Julián Álvarez returned in added time and pulled a good assist out of his hat for Jérémy Doku to complete the task.
In just a few minutes, Julián Álvarez achieved what his teammates did not do, stuck throughout the second half despite almost completely dominating a team that barely peeked through Ederson's goal. The world champion ended an unpleasant uncertainty that lasted almost a week.
