well this is a special time of year in the european footballing cycle it's where it all
begins again the lifting of the trophy the winner's medals that was all back in may a
near reminder a relic of the glory that was and what may be to come perhaps for one of these
this place simply a monument to the game
so much prestige so much pride so much passion whenever football is played here
so it's back bigger and better than ever before who hope everybody is ready for another ride on
the emotional roller coaster well the biggest show in town just now peter and everyone wants
to be a part of it a competition that seems to draw out the whole gamut of emotions and
in keeping with that we've got an atmosphere with a real sense of enthusiasm here and i'm hoping we
get lift off once this game kicks off and if you did just miss it we are up and running already
so jim tell me this who are you looking for in particular here
yeah kayla navas he could make all the difference because he's such an excellent shot stopper it's
not just a matter of reflexes though it's the way he spreads his body in front of the
ball preventing strike has a pop and with the goal at his mercy a dreadful miss oh
look i don't want to sound too dismissive but from here that looks the harder thing to do
great strength too strong for his opponent
increase again
now it's di maria neymar and here's di maria florenzi and he's there to clear it
and it's kazawa number one
um
and the shots offside
bernardo silva that's a foul three kicks been given
battles to win it back oh he's going to be pulled back for that one
he gets to ticking off and needs to be very careful now
he just needs to find the control button on his aggression chance big relief it just needed better
contacts
adrisake paris saint-germain had plenty of possession but few if any genuine chances
sterling foden it's a loose ball
paul needed to be better there that's a wasted chance
foden foden plays it forward bernardo silva gets the better of his man he's had a shot
di maria di maria there he goes motoring forward
well i don't think it was the wisest option peter once he got into that position it's not as if
he didn't have people nearby
oh what a wonderful stop neymar is very sporting
here to acknowledge the quality of the save a lovely little footballing moment
couldn't steer it in
um oh that's a fine challenge bernardo silva
he's come loose let's put paid to a promising move
foden
um keepers ball
he acknowledges that he should have come up with something better there
oh that just required a bit more oomph to reach its target
and the first half is done so another team has broken through but certainly not for the want
of trying it's been an interesting game up to now that still goals and a grossing half but
we're still where we started nil nil and we are already probably back on the way
paris saint-germain clearly have been the better side di maria oh just lacked a decent
finish oh i'm not sure what he had in mind and i don't think he knew either
it's been intercepted and that will come to nothing marco verrazzi and it's neymar
mandy
bernardo silva it's a good foot in there yeah that does look a foul referee he's given a free kick
well he can't say now that he hasn't been warned well
he knew what he was taking on there peter and special delivery from the ref
manchester city making a fresh attempt to release someone in behind from
back to front and this is something different but he gets into some space
xiao cancelo goes looking
with the challenge and he has given away a free kick
cooks through there good challenge he just stood firm
this is gone that's a foul keeper sends it forward
and it's bernardo silva
laporte gets it back
foden did really well to intervene and dispel the growing danger
well into the second half and still there's nothing between them
goes for goal they did it that could turn out to be a huge huge
goal well those two have a lovely understanding and they
executed the 1-2 impeccably to set up the goal
little checks on the touchline a change about to occur
the perfect display and the old saying comes to mind when the going gets tough etc
reuben diaz
de bruyne hardly anything between the sides and it's one nil come back to the keeper
defense has got rid of that
forward it goes manchester city are definitely not going down without a scrap
their attitude just can't be faulted
oh and that should have been too he got too ahead of himself there
thinking how he could have made things
safe
he's pulled him up for that challenge
ruben diaz
no no way through there
has he picked him out he's one-on-one and they've been called out here um
oh that is rather wayward
there is some activity down on the touchline it seems there's gonna be a change
well he's worked so hard for his side uh as you would expect but
he couldn't help notice that he was starting to to labor a bit so it's no surprise
um
yeah it's safe to say that they just need to manage this to secure the win now
he gets past his man
oh real danger here is there any support he might not need it that's a foul simple decision for the
referee and there goes the final whistle paris saint-germain
got off to an ideal start three points on day one and it goes well for the campaign
ahead how do you sum up what we've witnessed jim well they've laid down