After defeating Brest 3-0 to increase their winning streak to 17 games, Paris Saint-Germain is leading this UEFA Champions League knockout stage play-off.Since Lyon and Bordeaux in 2009–10, this first-leg meeting was the first all-French Champions League knockout match.
These two were clearly acquainted because they were Ligue 1 clubs, yet there was still a feeling that they were putting one another to the test right away.
But the deadlock was almost broken when Gianluigi Donnarumma’s early clearing cannoned off Ludovic Ajorque’s head and dropped inches wide of the post. Following that break, PSG had better luck when Pierre Lees-Melou stopped Ousmane Dembele’s goalbound attempt almost on the line.
Vitinha easily rolled the spot-kick into the corner to give Les Parisiens the lead. Brest lost badly in their first season in Europe, but Abdallah Sima came close to tying the score with a header that struck the post just before halfway.
Before halftime, Dembele drove forward down the right, stepped inside, and smashed a left-footed drive at the near post to score his now-familiar goal.
