At 03:00 on September 19th, Beijing time (21:00 on the 18th, local time in France), a focus battle of Group A on matchday 1 of the 2019/20 Champions League started at the Parc des Princes. Real Madrid lost 0-3 away to Paris Saint-Germain. Di Maria scored twice, and the goals of Bale and Benzema were ruled invalid. Meunier added the icing on the cake.

Real Madrid defeated Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League knockout rounds last season. Real Madrid's 15 away games against French teams in the history of European competition have resulted in 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses, including 4 away games against Paris, resulting in 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. Paris has recorded 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses against La Liga teams in 15 home games in its European history. Hazard, Bale, Mendy and Militao played in rotation. Neymar, Mbappe and Cavani are all absent, and Navas and Di Maria face their old owners.

Paris took the lead in the 14th minute. Bernat made a low pass from the left, and Di Maria, who was inserted into the penalty area, shot into the near corner from the upper left corner of the penalty area. Real Madrid then launched a counterattack, Benzema passed the ball, and Hazard's shot from the edge of the penalty area missed the right post. Benzema passed the ball again, and Ronaldo's shot flew away from the arc in the penalty area. Carvajal made a cross from the right, but Benzema's header went wide.

Di Maria scores 100 goals in European games

Paris expanded the score in the 33rd minute. Gueye passed the ball and Di Maria shot hard from the edge of the penalty area. The ball hit the right post and entered the net, 2-0. This is his 26th goal in 100 European games.

Real Madrid 0-3 Paris In the 35th minute, Bell committed a handball foul when he picked up the ball. He then easily lobbed the ball into the net from the edge of the penalty area, but the referee Taylor canceled the goal after watching the video replay in person. Sarabia made a cross, and Icardi turned around and his low shot was confiscated.

Real Madrid's offense in the second half was still difficult to improve. Verratti intercepted the pass in front of the penalty area, and Di Maria shot slightly higher from 10 yards on the left rib of the penalty area. Then Di Maria passed the ball from the left side of the penalty area, and Sarabia's shot from 10 yards was saved by Courtois. Hazard and Ronaldo were replaced by Lucas and Jovic respectively, and former Manchester United midfielder Herrera replaced Marquinhos.

In the 76th minute, Jovic passed the ball and Benzema scored from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area because Lucas was ruled offside. Bale was replaced by Vinicius. Di Maria passed the ball, Choupo-Moting volleyed from inside the arc of the penalty area, and the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar. Paris locked the score in the 91st minute. Meunier and Bernat counterattacked with consecutive cross passes. Courtois' attack failed, and the Belgian wing pushed the ball into the net from the small penalty area, 3-0.

Real Madrid 0-3 Paris Paris Saint-Germain (4-3-3): 1-Navas; 12-Meunier, 2-Thiago Silva, 3-Kampembe, 14-Bernat; 5-Marquinhos (70', 21-Herrera), 27-Gueye, 6-Verratti; 19-Sarabia, 18-Icardi (60', 17-Chupo-Moting), 11-Di Maria