FT! PSG win 4-0 over Leicester City.
90' GOAL PSG!!! Odsonne Edouarde slots one home past Kasperr Schmeichel for his clubs fourth goal!
85' There's a late corner won by PSG.
80' PSG make their remaining subs: Aurier, Kurzawa, Edouard, Georgen in; Kimpembe, Meunier, Maxwell, Ikone out.
78' Ikone down and in pain.
73' Albrighton fouls Meunier as PSG win a dangerous free kick.
69' Leicester should have pulled one back just now. Gray finds Albrighton in the box who turns his body and fires a shot, missing the target completely.
67' King sprays his shot well wide of the target.
66' Leicester City make two more changes: Andy King for Nampalys Mendy; Demarai Gray for Riyad Mahrez.
64' GOAL PSG!!!! Moments after he comes on, Lucas gives Paris their thid goal of the night!
62' PSG make some wholesale changes. Lucas, Ben Arfa, Kychowiak, Nkunku, and Callegari all enter the match. Stambouli, Motta, Cavani, Pastore, Di Maria, and Luiz all leave.
60' Good run from Di Maria towards open space. Once he received the ball though, he lost control of his body and fell to the ground while getting a weak shot off.
55' Big block from Danny Simpson to deny a goa scoring opportunity!
53' Thomas Meunier gives away a rough challenge.
Leicester City make some halftime subs. Christian Fuchs, Danny Simpson, Danny Drinkwater, Marc Albighton, and Ahmed Musa all come in. Leaving the match is Luis Hernandez, Ben Chilwell, Daniel Amartey, Jeff Schlupp, and Shinji Okazaki.
46' Leicester City start the second half with the ball!
Halftime! PSG lead 2-0 thanks to goals from Edison Cavani and Jonathan Ikone.
One minute of added time to end the opening half.
45' GOAL PSG!!!! They find their second of the half through Jonathan Ikone!
42' Javier Pastore went on a counter before feeding Ikope. Ikope's shot, though, was weak and found the outside of the near post.
38' Leicester controling the play more of late, growing into the match.
34' Cavani runs onto a ball over the top, takes a whack at it. However, he strikes it tamely.
33' Off the following corner, Areola punches the ball clear but straight to Amartey who heads just wide of the right post.
32' WHAT A SAVE ALPHONSE AREOLA!!!
31' Another dangerous Leicester City free kick coming up after a nice build up near the penalty area.
29' Mahrez' delivery is poor and PSG clear with a bit of ease.
28' Motta fouls Leo Ulloa just outside the box.
26' GOAL PSG!!!! Edison Cavani scores from 12 yards out!
25' PENALTY PSG!!!!!
25' PSG win a corner. They take it short and it's eventually cleared away from the area.
20' Riyad Mahrez' corner, following Shinji Okazaki's deflected shot could not beat the first man at the near post.
18' Paris Saint-Germain just had a couple of corners take. Thiago Motta nearly found the back of the net with the first one. On the second corner, the delivery missed everyone and went out for a Leicester City goalkick.
10' Schmeichlel comes out to claim Di Maria's cross.
9' Luis Hernandez is shown a yellow for a foul near the box.
8' David Luiz plays a long ball over the top towards Edison Cavani. Cavani takes a bad touch and gives the ball back to Leciester City.
7' PSG with some nice possession. Ball gets played to Javier Pastore who turns on the style. The cross though could not find the run of anyone in the box.
1' Ikone tries to slip through Edison Cavani but his pass was nowhere near and Schmeichel claimed it easily.
1' PSG vs Leicester is underway!
Paris Saint-Gerrmain starting XI: Areola; Meunier, Luiz, Kimpembe, Maxwell; Motta, Stambouli; Di Maria, Pastore, Ikone; Cavani
Leicester City starting XI: Schmeichel; Hernandez, Huth, Morgan, Chilwell; Mahrez, Amartey, Mendy, Schlupp; Ulloa, Okazaki
This will be the first time that these two sides have ever met. Claudio Ranieri, though,will be chomping at the bit to test the Paris side. The match will be good practice in preparation for the Champions League. Should Leicester City perform well against Paris Saint-Germain, then they will know that they can compete in that tournament.
The French giants have had a busy summer transfer window already bringing in a number of reinforcements. Two of the bigger signings thus far have been Grzegorz Krychowiak and Hatem Ben Arfa. Grzegorz Krychowiak and Unai Emery worked together at Sevilla and already have a good understanding of what is expected between them. That will only intensify at a bigger club. Hatem Ben Arfa is going to be a nice impact sub late in matches. The 29-year-old has tons of speed to burn and could put tiring defenses under immense pressure.
Paris Saint-Germain through a strong starting XI together a weakened Real Madrid side in their first International Champions Cup match. And when the dust settled, Paris Saint-Germain came out the victors. The scoring started early on with Jonathan Ikone finding the back of the net in just the second minute. Then, new boy Thomas Meunier made is mark late in the opening 45 minutes of play. His first goal occurred 10 minutes from the halftime interval. Thomas Meunier completed his brace with five minutes remaining in the half. With a minute to go until the break, Real Madrid did manage to pull one back from the spot. However, that was all they could muster as Paris Saint-Germain won all three points.
It took some time, but eventually, Unai Emery signed with the French capital club. The reason for this? Unai Emery has European success under his belt. Unai Emery became a household name in Spain with Sevilla. In his first season in charge Unai Emery lifted the Europa League and would do so for the next two seasons. His success on some of the biggest stages, Unai Emery became highly sought after. The big draw to France had to be the probability of finally getting his hands on the Champions League trophy. He has the squad to do it, but he just has to be able to get everyone to gel, which is no easy task of course.
Playing in Ligue 1 always gives Paris Saint-Germain an advantage. With the money they have, the league seems to always be over before it starts, and more times than not, it usually is. As a result of this, the Qatari-owners have placed their expectations solely on Europe and the Champions League. But often, they falter before the semi-finals. And this is why Laurent Blanc was relieved of his duties when the season ended.
Leicester City might have lost N’Golo Kante to Chelsea, and perhaps Riyad Mahrez when the transfer window is all said and done, but they have already brought in a good amount of players to ready themselves for the Champions League. Ron-Robert Zieler was brought in to challenge Kasper Schmeichel. The competition will be good for both men as they look to solidify the number one goalkeeping spot for Leicester City. Up front, Ahmed Musa is going to be a good edition to Claudio Ranieri’s 4-4-2. He can play alongside Jamie Vardy as the two play the game differently. Musa is more of a hold-up strike and he can wait for the run of Jaime Vardy before laying a pass off to him.
While both sides have already played a match in the competition, Leicester City played their opening match up in Scotland. Their, they faced off against the Scottish Premie League champions Celtic. Playing at the home of Celtic, the hosts did not give any respect to the Foxes. Even after Leicester City went ahead with a stunning Riyad Mahrez goal, Celtic found a way back as Eoghan O’Connell scored the equalizer 13 minutes later. However, eventually, Leicester City went on to win on penalties, claiming their first three points in this tournament.
By now, everyone knows Leicester CIty's story. Before the start of the season they were 5000-1 favorites to lift the English Premier League trophy. But, in one of the greatest Cinderella stories ever, Leicester City defied all the odds set about them. Now, they face bigger tests this season. Clubs around the world are trying to poach their top talents and they have got targets on their backs heading into the season. Can they maintain challenges on all fronts? Or will the Champions League play be too much for them to handle? Of course, only time will tell.
Hello, and welcome to Vavel USA’s Live coverage of the International Champions Cup. We are already half way through this tournament. And tonight, we see two league champions face off against one another. Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain, take on the Premier League title holders, Leicester City.