The Day Enzo Fernandez Faced Messi For The First Time.

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Hi there, everyone. Welcome to Lisbon.
Group H is providing real head-to-head action here on matchday three of the Champions League.
Both the hosts, Benfica, and their ambitious visitors, Paris Saint-Germain,
have won their two previous games in the group, six points out of six for both of them.
And add to that that both are unbeaten this season in all their competitive matches,
and we have a real in-form fixture for you.
Benfica, in fact, have won all 13 of their matches this season
until they were held to a goalless draw away at Guimaraes at the weekend.
Paris, 11 wins in their 12 games.
Avoid putting his side in trouble.
A bit of help from Danilo.
The tackles will be crisp, I'm sure.
And Enzo Fernandes is somebody who...
Messi.
Makes it look so easy. Here he goes again.
Mbappé tries it, and what a good strike it was.
An even better save from Blackhand.
Chess it forward.
Been PSG's half to this point without a goal to show for it,
but here come Benfica now with Enzo Fernandes.
And he's threatened again, Bernat.
How quick off the mark was Messi then, actually taking the opportunity to stop it.
Fernandes.
There's no soft-pedalling tonight.
Neymar wanted to put his foot in as well there.
As for the defences in both teams here,
so prolific the teams thus far.
It will be to play against this front three of PSG,
but it's not just the defenders, the midfield players have to recover.
Be a good shield.
Certainly doing that at the moment.
Enzo Ferrati.
Well under-challenged to play a ball.
This is where PSG want to be showing the best of the past.
He's still picking up passes in this sort of area.
Such a threatening glide pass player as he's very much capable of the killer pass.
An expert at free kicks, but he's not on the Manchester United team at the moment.
Rafa Silva.
He's played in Neres here.
Going to be frightened to drop key players.
Neymar had to do what he wanted him to do rather than the other way round.
Martinho gives it to Messi, which is a sensible thing to do.
Mbappe, lovely work.
That is a sensational goal.
Benfica have been playing the football for PSG,
have trumped them here with a marvellous move.
I think everybody on the ground knew.
It's almost his go-to goal really.
It certainly has.
The problem that teams have when they face particularly Neymar and Messi
is the positions they take up.
They're not quite sure whether to go in and mark them.
Midfield players aren't quite sure whether to come back and pick them up.
Ferrati has a clever, volid pass.
They open up, the next ball is played forward into Mbappe.
Ferrati.
Marco Ferrati.
He's the creator of goals rather than the scorer of goals,
but they've got plenty of scorers around him.
Petrini is stepping in.
Mbappe gets the cross in.
Hakimi was in there.
He was trying to head it back across,
takes it on again.
Ferrati.
Messi.
Ferrati.
Pass is being popped.
The big centre-half just used his side foot to hit it with power.
It's quite a big moment really.
Fernandes.
Oh, and it's an own goal.
They go to Gonzalo Ramos, but it looked as though it went over his head.
And maybe he didn't get the final touch.
But they're 1-1, Stuart.
They certainly are.
It's the quality of the cross that caused them all sorts of problems.
Ramos was closest to it.
Now you're seeing why Benfica,
13 wins in a row and a draw last weekend,
was a late challenge.
Lionel Messi has scored a fine goal,
but PSG have lost that lead.
It's really shown here.
But here's Messi trying to slide it through.
There was a gap.
A second striker really.
Neymar.
Ramos moving into midfield again to try and assist Messi and company.
Petrini is still up there.
The defences can be on top.
You know something like this could happen at any moment.
With Messi weaving through.
And another save.
