UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, November 5, 2014
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Paris Saint-Germain DWWWW 1
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Match Report

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Edinson Cavani fires Paris Saint-Germain to victory over Apoel Nicosia

Paris Saint-Germain caught Apoel Nicosia cold to open the scoring 58 seconds into their Champions League encounter in the French capital, and were glad they did as they endured growing frustration for the rest of the night.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
1
30.2
Possession
69.8
3
SHOTS
19
1
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
276
Accurate Passes
762
354
Passes
824
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
10
12
Crosses
26
0.2
Cross %
0.4
50
Long Balls
54
22
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
4
21
Effective Tackles
21
24
Tackles
25
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
29
Effective Clearances
13
29
Clearances
13

Head to Head

PSG leads series 1-0

Lineups

PSG · 4-3-3

  1. 30Salvatore SiriguG
  2. 32David LuizCD-L
  3. 2Thiago SilvaCD-R
  4. 17MaxwellLB
  5. 23Gregory van der WielRB
  6. 8Thiago MottaCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 27Javier PastoreRM
  9. 9Edinson CavaniF
  10. 22Ezequiel LavezziLF
  11. 7Lucas MouraRF

Substitutes

  1. 19Sèrge AurierSUB
  2. 5MarquinhosSUB
  3. 25Adrien RabiotSUB
  4. 15Jean-Christophe BahebeckSUB
  5. 1Nicolas DouchezSUB
  6. 21Lucas DigneSUB
  7. 4Yohan CabayeSUB

APO · 4-4-2

  1. 78Urko PardoG
  2. 5CarlãoCD-L
  3. 3João GuilhermeCD-R
  4. 44Nicholas IoannouLB
  5. 28Mário SérgioRB
  6. 16ViniciusCM-L
  7. 26Nuno MoraisCM-R
  8. 7Georgios EfremLM
  9. 8Tiago GomesRM
  10. 79Rafik DjebbourCF-L
  11. 21Gustavo ManducaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 46Stathis AloneftisSUB
  2. 4Kostakis ArtymatasSUB
  3. 30Tomás De VincentiSUB
  4. 22Dionisis ChiotisSUB
  5. 11Nektarios AlexandrouSUB
  6. 9Cillian SheridanSUB
  7. 23Tasos PapazoglouSUB

Timeline

  1. 1' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, APOEL Nicosia 0. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gregory Van der Wiel with a cross.
  2. 45' Substitution, APOEL Nicosia. Cillian Sheridan replaces Tiago Gomes.
  3. 59' Substitution, APOEL Nicosia. Tomás De Vincenti replaces Gustavo Manduca.
  4. 64' Substitution, APOEL Nicosia. Efstathios Aloneftis replaces Rafik Djebbour.
  5. 78' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Jean-Christophe Bahebeck replaces Ezequiel Lavezzi.
  6. 86' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Yohan Cabaye replaces Lucas Moura.

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