Paris St Germain Set Champions League Record as Fastest Side to Score Four Goals
PSG needed just 17 minutes to set a Champions League record, scoring four times in a nine-minute burst despite missing several key players.
- On Tuesday, Paris Saint-Germain surged into a 4-0 lead against Villarreal in Spain within 17 minutes, setting a Champions League record for the fastest four-goal burst in tournament history.
- Defensive errors by the "Yellow Submarine" enabled PSG to capitalize, despite the visitors missing key starters including Ousmane Dembele, Marquinhos, Nuno Mendes, and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia due to injuries.
- Joao Neves opened scoring in the ninth minute, followed by Desire Doue in the 12th, Senny Mayulu a minute later, and Fabian Ruiz in the 17th, all stemming from Villarreal errors in their own half.
- PSG surpassed Real Madrid's 2011 record of four goals by the 20th minute against Dinamo Zagreb, a feat confirmed by Spanish stats analyst Mister Chip.
- Leading the Champions League standings, PSG solidified their position as reigning European champions with this dominant victory, successfully managing a depleted squad during the opening phase.
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Nov 3 : Paris St Germain became the fastest team to score four goals in a Champions League match, according to Opta, when they took a 4-0 lead against Villarreal after 16 minutes and two seconds on Tuesday. • Spain international Fabian Ruiz netted PSG's fourth goal to set the record• Joao Neves op
It is for the fourth date, in the La Cerámica stadium of Spain.The so many, likewise, were in just eight minutes, to an average of one every two.
The Reds and Blue blew up the Spaniards of Villarreal in just over a quarter of an hour this Tuesday, in C1.
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