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UCL Advertisement live Updated 3m ago 49 New Updates Two European heavyweights are facing off at the Parc des Princes tonight as Paris Saint-Germain host Atletico Madrid. Subscribe to The Athletic on an exclusive offer here. 17' PSG 1-0 Atletico Madrid Now, have Atletico equalised immediately? A ball into the box came off Willian Pacho, who rather turned his back on it, and the ball hit Nahuel Molina and bounced fortuitously into his path. The Argentine rattled home a powerful finish across the goalkeeper and into the top-left corner. Lovely strike. But was it handball? There's a check. .. Advertisement It had been coming. .. PSG have dominated the opening 15 minutes, and while Atletico have looked generally quite solid in their narrow 4-4-2 without the ball, they've made a few mistakes with the ball at their feet. Pablo Barrios made a poor, blind pass just moments before PSG's opener, before Conor Gallagher and then Molina were caught there. Getty Images 16' PSG 1-0 Atletico Madrid Goodness gracious, what a disaster of a goal to concede from the visitors. Atletico, normally so stout and dogged defensively, gave the ball away really sloppily with a careless pass across their own penalty area from Nahuel Molina to Clement Lenglet. Lenglet took way too long to spot the danger, but he was put in trouble by Molina, frankly, and Ousmane Dembele snapped into a (fair) tackle to win the ball and nudge it sideways to Warren Zaire-Emery. The brilliant 18-year-old simply strolled into the box, took a touch, and as goalkeeper Jan Oblak went down too early, Zaire-Emery simply chipped it deftly into the net. Getty Images 14' PSG 0-0 Atletico Madrid Warren Zaire-Emery has the ball in the net and PSG lead! What a horrible goal to concede for Atletico. 11' PSG 0-0 Atletico Madrid Out of almost nothing, a lofted ball down the right finds gallivanting full-back Achraf Hakimi, with Javi Galan out of position. Gallagher sprints back in vain, Hakimi has time to measure a cross, but overcooks it badly and Barcola at the back post has no chance of getting his head on it. Wasteful. 10' PSG 0-0 Atletico Madrid Diego Simeone is quite animated on the touchline and you can see why. His Atletico side have largely been camped in their own half so far in this match, But via Giuliano Simeone, his son, in that hybrid right wing-back/right midfield role and Conor Gallagher, they press urgently and force the ball back to goalkeeper Donnarumma. That's better. Advertisement Getty Images Taken a moment to work out Atletico Madrid's approach but they're settling into a 4-4-2 without the ball, with Giuliano Simeone happy to make that a back five when they're under pressure. PSG are leaving Barcola extremely wide on the left, while Hakimi is pushing on from full-back on the opposite side, a ball that's been on a number of times for the hosts to get in behind down that flank. 2' PSG 0-0 Atletico Madrid Goodness me. PSG start like a house on fire and twice Nuno Mendes raps forward crisp passes. The first sees play switched from winger to winger, Barcola on the left to Dembele on the right, who is tackled by Javi Galan but swings in a cross. Headed away, but PSG come again, Gallagher makes a mess of a clearance and Achraf Hakimi fires it goalwards. .. it whistles narrowly wide. Warning signs! Getty Images Before kick-off, we just had a minute's applause for the flood victims in Valencia — a banner reading "your pain is our courage, province of Valencia", in Spanish, was unfurled in the home end. Referee Szymon Marciniak, of Poland, is in charge tonight. He refereed the World Cup final. He blows his whistle and we are up and running in Paris! Here we go. Getty Images That famous Champions League anthem ringing around the Parc des Princes. Handshakes incoming. Moments away from kick-off. Advertisement Diego Simeone has a few options for his shape today. Atleti could play a back three/five with Giuliano Simeone at right wing-back and Javi Galan on the opposite side, Nahuel Molina at right centre-back, and Conor Gallagher in a three-man midfield. Or it could be a straight Sean Dyche-esque 4-4-2, with Galan and Molina at full-back, Simeone at right midfield, Gallagher on the left and a flat two centre-halves, centre midfielders and central forwards. Maybe a hybrid of both is incoming! We'll let you know. Getty Images It does seem like those jackets they wear while warming up are getting more and more fashionable these days. Getty Images Two hirsute gentlemen. Less than 10 minutes until kick-off! Missed our earlier announcement? Here's how the two teams line up. PSG (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Neves, Zaire-Emery, Vitinha; Dembele, Asensio, Barcola. Atletico (4-4-2): Oblak; Molina, Witsel, Lenglet, Galan; Simeone, De Paul, Barrios, Gallagher; Griezmann, Alvarez. Getty Images This is Atletico Madrid's first ever visit to the Parc de Princes, but you'd be mistaken for thinking that these sides are fierce rivals given the reception the away side have just received on their way out to warm up. Think the fans are up for this. .. Advertisement The Athletic x Getty Images Today's two early Champions League matches have just finished. After a perfect start through their first three games in Europe this season, Aston Villa have suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat against Club Bruges in Belgium. Hans Vanaken scored the lone goal from the penalty spot early in the second half after Tyrone Mings picked up Emiliano Martinez's goal kick. Villa's loss leaves Liverpool as the only remaining club with a perfect record in the UCL league phase. Meanwhile in Germany, Shakhtar Donetsk got their first UCL win of the campaign with a 2-1 victory over Young Boys, who remain pointless through four matches. Kastriot Imeri opened the scoring for the Swiss club in the first half but strikes by Oleksandr Zubkov and Georgiy Sudakov put the Ukrainian side in front before halftime and they held onto the lead. Atletico forward Julian Alvarez, who signed from Manchester City in the summer, has 13 goal involvements in just 20 Champions League appearances (nine goals, four assists). That impressive record is despite him only averaging 50 minutes per appearance. However, 11 of those 13 goal involvements have come on home soil, with a solitary goal and assist across eight away Champions League games. Can he improve his record away from home tonight? Getty Images These personalised shin protectors belong to Atletico Madrid's Angel Correa, who is on the bench this evening. I thought they were slippers at first!