Paris Saint Germain 6 Red Star Belgrade 1Paris St Germain got their Champions League campaign back on track with a 6-1 home rout of Serbian side Red Star Belgrade on Wednesday as Brazil forward Neymar lit up a lop-sided Group C clash with a hat-trick at the Parc des Princes. Angel Di Maria, Edinson Cavani and France World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe added a goal each as the French champions ripped into 1991 European Cup winners Red Star, who were spared a heavier defeat by goalkeeper Milan Borjan. The result left PSG on three points from two games after their opening 3-2 defeat by Liverpool, who play a Napoli side that were held to a surprise 0-0 draw at Red Star in their opening match. Red Star, playing in the competition’s group stages for the first time, scored their maiden goal on the big stage when midfielder Marko Marin buried a shot from 12 metres into the top corner in his team’s first purposeful move. Both teams created chances in an open end-to-end game with both Casillas and his opposite number Fernando Muslera keeping the score down.

Source: The Irish Times October 03, 2018 19:12 UTC