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Watch the Game Highlights from Paris Saint-Germain vs. Atalanta, 09/17/2025
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00:00You can see from the line-up that people like Dewey and Dembele out the team, but that
00:07midfield is what Maldini would be talking about. Starts the game tonight, he didn't start at the
00:11weekend. When they play at home at the stadium that was the home of French rugby for 25 years.
00:19Maldini had a real spot of bother there and Marcalat might have been a shooting chance
00:24but he works into Fabian Ruiz. Maldini walks it in.
00:30And it's an absolutely stunning start for Paris Saint-Germain.
00:37The champions into the groove inside three minutes.
00:41Yeah, it's a dream start for the home team, but it all comes from pressure on the board.
00:44Talked to Matt about Maldini being in a spot of bother here, but he's in a spot of bother
00:49because of the pressure that's on the board. He's being forced back into his arms.
00:56Just a word on Nuno Mett.
01:00As Paris scored, so too did Liverpool.
01:06Yes, it made it look like more Salahs.
01:08Which is certainly a very testing opening assignment.
01:11Anad Scalier, possibilities already here.
01:14Marcalat!
01:15And Karl Lasecki in every sense at the moment.
01:17It's a wonderful save, but again, there's too much defensive ball watching.
01:21It's fairly straightforward football from PSG.
01:23Just pass and move.
01:24More by his contribution to the climactic goal against Bayern in the Club World Cup in the summer.
01:31But Arianna Ruiz will get there.
01:34Oh, that's beautiful!
01:36And Hakimi so, so close to making it two.
01:40Centre-halves play, four-backs play.
01:42As soon as the ball goes out wide, Hakimi, the right-back, is on his way.
01:46He's then becoming a striker.
01:47He's brilliant awareness, vision from Fabian Rui.
01:49I just wonder whether the goalkeeper gets a touch on this, he does, that isn't...
01:53And Ruiz, I don't think I've seen too many backheels in one move.
01:59Mahelu, Adam Scalier.
02:03Fabian Ruiz kind of set me behind it, and what he's been able to deal with, he has dealt with.
02:09It's nothing new, a coach watching the first half from on high.
02:19But it seems to have captured the imagination, the concept.
02:26Good run by Kainis.
02:27Oh, a wonderful goal!
02:35Well, the only surprise is it's taken this long.
02:40The champions have come out not merely hungry, but ravenous.
02:46And in stylish fashion, they double the lead.
02:49Yeah, it's no more than PSD deserved.
02:51I mentioned it earlier about Clarence Elliott.
02:53When he picks up the ball, he drives forward, he looks to make things happen.
02:57He just doesn't want to be a show pony and show off his skills and how clever he is.
03:01He wants to get forward, he wants to create goals, he wants to score goals.
03:04Now, once he makes the turn, look at the run that he makes,
03:06driving at the heart of that defence.
03:08The defence that really...
03:12Nuno Mendes.
03:13Bacala will pick it up.
03:19Nuno Mendes.
03:21And he certainly would have hoped for better in those circumstances.
03:25It's a problem for the man who got the opening goal, Marquinhos.
03:27Just Moussa there.
03:32Unwittingly, I think, catching him.
03:35To me, it seems fairly obvious what he's done there with that right foot.
03:38You can't defend like that.
03:39It's not defending, it's just fouling your man.
03:41And why would you do that against a team as dangerous as this?
03:43You're just inviting problems.
03:44It's bad news for Atalanta, but the majority are happy.
04:01And the champions have an opportunity to head off into the distance.
04:10It is the right decision.
04:15The referee's looking at that concept.
04:17Is it accidental?
04:18Is there anything that Moussa could have done differently?
04:21And he did decide to step across Marquinhos.
04:23And to me, it was pretty obvious what happened.
04:27So, Bradley Bacala accepts the responsibility.
04:33Dembele scored twice from the spot against Toulouse.
04:35Absent.
04:37Oh!
04:37Well, to say that was anticlimactic would be...
04:42Dear me.
04:43It's simply a dreadful penalty.
04:46Normally, in that situation, probably, opponents step off a lot to play back to your goalkeeper.
04:50But he was just pressured, balls lost.
04:52Exhibition stuff at times from the champions.
04:54An early goal from Marquinhos.
04:56An individual effort from Kradzka.
04:58A missed penalty from Bradley Bacala.
05:00Daniel Mann.
05:01Daniel.
05:01So, in their usual distinctive style, although it's getting ever more popular,
05:11Paris Saint-Germain get the second period on the way.
05:15I've not seen him as a free kick like you, to be fair.
05:21It's a work in progress.
05:22Luna Mendez.
05:23Oh, beautiful play.
05:25Oh!
05:25And he gets a goal for himself.
05:27Karnaseki caught out.
05:29The finish took everyone by surprise.
05:34But he has epitomized what Paris Saint-Germain have been all about tonight.
05:40And a goal richly deserved.
05:44A goal that absolutely puts the issue beyond doubt.
05:47Yeah, I just mentioned his strength and balance.
05:49Kestovic, Belanova, Paschalic.
06:02So we are going to get Gonzalo Ramos.
06:06You can see here the versatility of Lee and Zaya Emery.
06:09They're both going to play alongside Bettina, I presume, now in central midfield.
06:14Good luck by Kasunu into Kestovic.
06:19He does well and will take it on himself.
06:23He had options to his left.
06:24I think the ball just sits up in vitally for him to take on the ball.
06:31A little run from Gonzalo Ramos here.
06:33Can he hold off the defender?
06:39Run of Mbaye.
06:41Still a full pelt.
06:43This is Barcola.
06:47And Mbaye will get there.
06:48And so will Karnaseki.
06:53Samarjic losing it to Zaya Emery.
06:55This is Bettina, who's going to speculate, but not accumulate.
07:01It's Nishti fans.
07:02They just expect their team to go forward, to look for goals, whatever the scoreline.
07:05Oh, and a gift here for Gonzalo Ramos, which he accepts.
07:08Bellanova with a moment to forget.
07:11And the scoreline now.
07:19Zaya Emery.
07:22Lutinia on for Barcola, who perhaps is going to be the only one.
07:29He makes it too obvious when the ball rises at his feet, he opens his body up.
07:34The keeper knows exactly what he's looking to do.
07:36And then really stretch the goalkeeper, take him out of position.
07:40He says, if he doesn't do that, it's a back pass, really.
07:42It's effectively summing up the night for him in front of goal.
07:49Although Karnaseki has had the odd inspired moment too.
07:54What an awesome prospect this team are going to be.
08:02Chelsea found a way, emphatically so, in the Club World Cup.
08:07Well, they stand atop the pedestal and they are going to take.
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