Beautiful finish from Golsalo Ramos, goal from Nuno Mendes and a late goal from Desiree Doue earned Paris Saint-Germain a 3-0 win over RB Salzburg, their second in six games since the start of the group stage on The Champions League. With 7 points, they moved to 24th place in the unified ranking and have a chance to reach the eliminations, BTA reported.
Without scoring, Bradley Barcola was named player of the match, who impressed with a great raid, but with an inaccurate finish.
"I miss that little thing at the door that will unlock me. I don't think it's a blockage, but we talked about it a lot in the locker room. I just have to keep working and that's it," Barcola said after the meeting.
The Parisians had more problems in the first part, but after the break they were much classier considering the constant attack and exposure in defense of the home team. Six minutes before the third goal in the game, Luca Hernandez appeared after a long absence.
"It is a pleasure and pride for me to return to the field. When you suffer an injury like this, it's never easy. "I knew from the first day after the surgery that I would come back stronger and healthier," Hernandez said. He was sidelined for eight months after tearing cruciate ligaments in his left knee, requiring surgery and logically missing this summer's European Championship in Germany.
PSG next face Pep Guardiola's Manchester City on January 22, and seven days later they close the group stage against Stuttgart (Germany).
Ashraf Hakimi became number 1 in assists in the history of Paris Saint-Germain. After providing the opener in the match, the Moroccan full-back has 24 assists, ahead of Brazil's Maxwell.
Despite the emphatic victory that left them in the fight for a place in the eliminations, the team's head coach Luis Enlique was not particularly satisfied: "To be honest, we didn't play a better game than those against PSV or Atlético. The game was worse and that's football. If it wasn't worse, this match certainly wasn't better, the stats show it – we had fewer opportunities to score”, the Spanish manager said at the press conference.
"Supposedly we dominated, but throughout the duration the meeting was open – attack for attack, the hosts could punish us and change the course of the match. "We have less points than we deserve, although there is a lot to improve in our game," added Luis Enrique. “We don’t know how many points and goals will be needed, so goal difference could also be important and in that aspect I am pleased we have taken care".