and good evening to you from the pak de pass here in the french capital paris the venue
for tonight's action i'm derek ray joined for commentary by former england international lee
dixon and this is where it all starts in the uefa champions league the group stage
and match day one my goodness so much to look forward to it's paris saint-germain facing milan
well thank you derry we're being big favorites complacency can be a problem you've got to use
that to your advantage you're playing a home side as expected to go through can they put
the pressure on in the first 20 minutes and hold out and then try nick the game in the second half
is
so and the psg team looks like this john luigi donnarumma stands between the posts
marquinhos plays with sergio ramos at the back and theresa gay plays alongside marco
verratti in the engine room and leading the attack today is the heart to contain cristiano ronaldo
this is the milan stars at 11. the goalkeeper is chipley and tatarushanu
alessio romagnoli plays alongside simon care in central defense and
lining up through the middle in attack today is zlatan ibrahimovic
an awful lot of green space to run into he's in here
well he stumped it out of there without much fuss
it is the perfect stage for a top player and this man takes every game very seriously he's
out for girls cristiano ronaldo well i love watching him he's got quick feet quick mind
he wants you to come close to you so he can get past you so his defenders normally stand
off him and then he's got more time to pick the pass he wants and he normally finds the best one
while he can consider himself admonished even in the absence of a yellow card
well they can keep possession now
well i thought we got a goal there derrick but the goalkeeper had all their ideas still all squared
oh lovely weighted ball they might be in shadow here's ibrahimovic
a terrific defending to stop them progressing
di maria likes to get on the ball and he has teammates to pass it to
oh football finesse and it's very best you can't argue with that finish
well here's the replay and it's a lovely through ball to set up the chance and you can see what
he's thinking as he allows the keeper to get close to him and then the little dink is fantastic
milan get the ball moving again hoping to find a response to that set back
romania
neymar rob
can they take advantage ibrahimovic well the flag has gone up here offside it is
ronaldo now gay versi well it looked highly promising but they got nothing out of it
counter attacking very much at option
tackling and winning the ball to boot
ibrahimovic
now they want that equalizer but their passing remains smooth well that's the
moment he would like to airbrush some history he's thrown it straight to the opposition
team aria
and cristiano ronaldo waiting he succeeds in clearing it
breaking at face shielding the ball superbly
far from a good pass
a very good tackle
have they given him too much space neymar ready making sure nothing untoward happened
on the corner for paddy sagerman what can they do with it
and over comes the corner just couldn't get it through for a pass
and that is that for the first half here in the french capital
well a more than satisfactory performance from ronaldo in the first half
well derek you're right he has played well and goals win games he's been a joy to watch
in this and so the second half of this champions league group stage match day one contest commences
diallo here's ronaldo
by naldum and now gay and the attack looks promising
ronaldo and ronaldo takes on the shot
oh yes he's going to be proud of that moment what purity of strike absolutely perfectly
well let's have a look at it again he catches the keeper asleep
back on his heels he wasn't expecting a shot from that distance and neither was i
well let's take another look at that girl shall we
well enjoy the good days as a coach it could be a roller coaster ride i can tell you that
so two nil now well psg's certainly enjoying the lion's share of possession
and what that does it just relaxes the team if you've got the ball you enjoy
the ball and they're turning it into goals as well well no problems defensively ray beach
you certainly can't fault them for trying as they keep the pressure on
well speculative worth an effort two goals down why not
and we're inside the final 30 minutes
andreessa gay here's ronaldo
working away patiently looking for an opening and on the volley that's not exactly how he
intended to catch it well it's worth a chance one in ten it goes in the top corner nine out of ten
he goes where he did do substitution then let's see how it affects the match
kessie a
georginio here's marquinos
as clean as a whistle that challenge
and the conditions look pretty good for the counter attack
inside the last quarter of an hour
di maria and teammates to play it too but he dealt with that ball played in rather well
and using his strength to shield the ball
and neymar and cristiano ronaldo waiting what a vital intervention
and that's an important intervention
ronaldo oh he's put it just a fraction wide of the post
and the substitution will occur now
cleared away comprehensively we're making high pressing work for them here ibrahimovic
could play it in kessie
and super tackle and they've won possession
clorenzi
getting in there to take it away and that's it for and tonight's encouraging start for them three
points from the initial fixture lead yeah really really strong start that's what you need but
with five games to go very important you stay in the now one game at a time derek bit of a cliche
all in only ronaldo is going to have a big smile on his face tonight well he never gave that back
line a chance to get a breath two goals for the lad today played superbly well look really sharp
constantly playing on the shoulder of the last defender a real handful