“European Champions”: Paris Saint-Germain preys on Villarreal in “La Ceramica”

Manchester United achieved a long-awaited victory after overcoming a two-goal deficit in the first half to win 3-2 over its guest Roma in the Champions League on Tuesday, while Aston Villa suffered its first defeat in the competition this season by falling 3-0 to Barcelona.

United played the match hoping to achieve a victory that they had missed in the last nine matches in all competitions, and it seemed that the task had become impossible after they conceded twice within six minutes.

Roma opened the scoring in the 11th minute through Mathias Sule, before Donyiel Malen scored the second goal from a penalty kick in the 17th minute.

Bruno Fernandes reduced the deficit from the penalty spot in the 58th minute, before Matias Cunha scored a brace within three minutes.

At home, Barcelona regained its continental balance with a 3-0 victory over Aston Villa, which suffered its first defeat in the competition this season.

After suffering its first loss in the tournament in the last round when it fell 4-2 to Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona took the lead early through Lamin Yamal in the seventh minute, and Rafinha scored two goals within 12 minutes at the beginning of the second half.

Paris Saint-Germain, the holders of the Champions League for the past two seasons, swept its host Villarreal, defeating it 6-0, on Tuesday evening at the “La Ceramica” stadium, in the fourth round of the league stage.

Paris Saint-Germain scored four goals in the first 17 minutes, taking advantage of catastrophic mistakes by the Spanish team's defense and goalkeeper to insist on building attacks from the back amid fierce and strong Parisian pressure.

Joao Neves opened the scoring for the French team in the ninth minute, after he caught a rebound inside the penalty area following a corner kick, before Desiree Douy added the second goal in the 12th minute.

A minute later, Ceni Maiolo scored the third goal for the visitors, then Fabian Ruiz completed the quadruple in the 17th minute.

In the second half, Ruiz added a fifth goal, taking advantage of a long pass to Vitinha in the 50th minute, and promising player David Boley concluded the goal festival in the 78th minute with a powerful shot from inside the penalty area.

The Parisian giant was not affected by the absence of a number of its most prominent players, including Ousmane Dembélé, Marquinhos and Nuno Mendes due to injury, in addition to Georgian Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who has been absent for a long time due to a tear in the anterior cruciate ligament.

With this result, Paris Saint-Germain continues its winning streak by winning 10 consecutive matches in all competitions, raising its score to 12 points at the top, achieving the full score in Europe, while Villarreal's score froze at 3 points in 26th place out of 36 teams.

In the fifth round, which will be held on November 24 and 25, Saint-Germain will play at home against Roma of Italy, while Villarreal will face Sparta Prague of the Czech Republic.

American Ben Shelton and Norwegian Casper Ruud qualified for the third round of the Paris Masters Tennis Championship, 1000 points category, after the first defeated British Cameron Norrie, and the second defeated young Spaniard Rafael Godard, on Tuesday in the second round.

Shelton, ranked third in the tournament and fourth in the world, defeated Nouri in two sets without a response, with a score of 6/3 and 6/4.

The American player succeeded in breaking Nouri's serve three times, compared to once for the Briton.

For his part, Ruud gave a strong performance against Godard, beating him in two sets without a response, with scores of 6/3 and 6/4, to compensate for his loss to the Spanish player in the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Championship recently.

The Norwegian began the confrontation by breaking his opponent's serve, leading 2-0, and winning the first set 6-3. Then the two players exchanged breaks in the second set, which Ruud decided after he led 5-4 and succeeded in holding his serve.