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LIVE: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE REPORTS: ATALANTA 1-2 PSG

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GOAL!!!!!

90+3mins: PSG Leads!!!! Choupo-Moting scores for PSG

Atalanta 1-1 PSG

Minutes are turning into seconds now. Can PSG survive?

87mins: Draxler (PSG) misses the target.

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Chance for Draxler to shoot, but he blazes the effort over the top. Atalanta will be happy with that for the rest of the night.

86 mins: Choupo-Moting (Paris) misses the target.

After Caldara slices a cross over his own crossbar, Choupo-Moting, once of Stoke City, climbs highest to meet Draxler’s corner but heads it over.

85 mins: Atalanta fouling at will now. Palomino is booked this time.

84 mins: Hateboer (Atalanta) is penalised for a foul on Neymar (Paris).

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82 mins: Substitution: Da Riva (in)Zapata (out) (Atalanta).

81 mins

Another big chance for Mbappe!

He’s in on the left and makes his way into the box before getting a left-footed shot away.

79 mins: Substitution for PSG

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Rico (in)Navas (out)

73 mins:

Three changes for PSG, starting with an enforced one as Draxler and Paredes replace Gueye and Herrera.

Goalkeeper Navas had looked to be coming off with an injury but he’s OK to continue.

72mins: Substitutions: Draxler (in)Herrera (out) (Paris).

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Paredes (in)Gueye (out) (Paris).

70mins: Substitution: Goal scorer, Pasalic replaced

Muriel (in)Pašalić (out) (Atalanta).

62mins: Mbappé’s first contribution is a cross into the box but not for the first time this evening there aren’t too many white shirts up there in support.

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60 mins: Substitution: Palomino (in)Djimsiti (out) (Atalanta)

60 mins: Sub for PSG. Tuchel has seen enough. On comes Mbappe.

54 mins

Neymar pulls off a brilliant nutmeg before driving towards goal.

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There’s nobody making a good run, however, and the attack comes to nothing.

It’s Neymar and 10 robots at the moment.

51mins: Neymar’s driven free-kick from 30 yards takes a deflection and goes behind

50 mins: Neymar shows brilliant skill to skip past two players but Marten de Roon pulls him back.

He’s booked for his troubles.

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49 mins:  Atalanta are dominating and preparing to make substitution. Not a defensive one as expected. They appear still hungry for goals.

No changes for either side but Mbappe was warming fairly thoroughly at the break.

The second half begins.

HALF TIME

Match UPDATE AT HALF TIME

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  • Pašalić curls in opener for Atalanta
  • Neymar spurns two one-on-one chances
  • Mbappé on the bench for Paris
  • Atalanta in quarters in debut campaign
  • Winners face Leipzig/Atlético in semis

ATALANTA 1-0 PSG

45+1 mins

Remo Freuler receives the game’s second yellow card.

45 mins

There will be one minute of added time.

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42 mins

Another big miss from Neymar!

He intercepts another loose pass and drives through on the left. The keeper is out of position but the Brazilian shanks his left-footed finish high and wide.

40 mins

Close!

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Sarabia is played into loads of space on the left and makes his way towards the box before trying to find Icardi in the centre.

His low cross is good but just too far out of the Argentine’s reach!

37 mins

Berat Djimsiti picks up the game’s first yellow for a foul on Icardi.

32 mins

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All PSG’s good attacking play has come through Neymar down the left so far but he’s getting little support.

If only a certain Kylian Mbappe was fit.

30 mins:Atalanta are unbeaten in all 16 matches in which Mario Pasalic has scored (W14 D2)…

UPSET!!!  ATALANTA SCORES!

GOAL! Atalanta 1-0 PSG (Pasalic 26)

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Match Update

Atalanta 1-0 PSG

20mins: Match Update

Atalanta 0-0 PSG

  • Neymar spurns early one on one
  • Navas keeps out Hateboer header
  • Mbappé on the bench for Paris
  • Atalanta in quarters in debut campaign
  • Winners face Leipzig/Atlético in semis

15 mins: Atalanta now piling up the chances – they have to take them, though!

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5 mins: What a miss from Neymar!

He pounces on a loose ball and runs through on goal before proceeding to slice his effort horribly wide.

Mbappe has his head in his hands in the stands.

KICK-OFF

After a minute’s silence in memory of those who have lost their lives to Covid-19, we’re underway

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TEAM LISTS

Atalanta: Sportiello, Toloi, Caldara, Djimsiti, Hateboer, De Roon, Freuler, Gosens, Papu Gómez, Pasalic, Zapata.

PSG: Keylor Navas, Kehrer, Thiago Silva, Kimpembe, Bernat, Ander Herrera, Marquinhos, Gueye, Neymar, Icardi, Sarabia.

Subs: Rico, Bulka, Mbappe, Paredes, Choupo-Moting, Diallo, Draxler, Bakker, Kalimuendo-Muinga, Dagba, Ruiz-Atil, Mbe Soh

The first ever-mini tournament version of the Champions League kicks off tonight in Lisbon. Ligue 1 side, PSG takes on Serie A team, Atalanta in the first of the four quarter final matches.

PSG will be hoping to continue their European journey after doing one better than last season and progressing pass the round of 16.

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Atalanta will be likely without key forward Josip Ilicic due to personal reasons, which will leave the scoring duties to Duvan Zupata and Luis Muriel as they look to continue their fine season.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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