Paris Saint-Germain beat Slovan Bratislava 6-1 in the first match of the Champions League League Stage at Parc des Princes on Tuesday evening. The hosts dominated from the first whistle, scoring twice in the opening twenty minutes before Ferrán Torres took over. By then the Czech side had already been pushed back, and what followed was a match that needed little explanation.
Dembélé opened the scoring in the seventeenth minute, then added another six later before Torres arrived. The Spaniard scored three times—31, 47, 57—and Camara made it 5-0 before Ruiz sealed it in the eighty-seventh. There was a yellow card for Blackman at 53, and Bajrić was replaced at 22, one of many changes that came for the visitors.
PSG had 73 per cent possession and created eight big chances compared to Slovan's one. They registered fourteen shots on target against four, with expected goals of 4.62 to 0.62. And here's the thing—thirteen shots off target meant they needed luck as much as quality, even if the result didn't suggest otherwise.
The hosts made six substitutions in a fifteen-minute spell around the hour mark, bringing on Dembélé, Hakimi, Pacho, and Mendes among others. Torres came off at 73, and the visitors also changed their entire attack, bringing on Šporar and Martínez at 80. The game had already been decided, so the substitutions were about management rather than impact.
Both sides sit at the bottom of the League Stage table with zero points after one match, which tells you nothing about where they will finish. PSG's recent form was mixed—draws with Lille and Rennes before a narrow win against Aston Villa—while Slovan lost their opening European fixture 2-0 away to Dunajská Streda. This result keeps PSG within touching distance of the top positions, though the real test will come when opponents stop sitting back.
