Sturm Graz 2-2 PSG: Parisiens held in first game without Mbappe

Game is over and the final score is Sturm Graz 2-2 PSG. Here is the match report.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

4' Highlight from Sturm Graz vs PSG

9' GOAL! Sturm Graz 0-1 PSG

12' GOAL! Sturm Graz 0-2 PSG (Carlos Soler)

15' GOAL! Sturm Graz 1-2 PSG (Amady Camara)

33' Highlight from Sturm Graz vs PSG

43' GOAL! Sturm Graz 2-2 PSG (Otar Kiteishvili)

60' Highlight from Sturm Graz vs PSG

69' Match Event for Sturm Graz vs PSG

Match Report

Ibrahim Mbaye and Carlos Soler had given the Parisiens a two-goal advantage with just 12 minutes on the clock, but their Austrian opponents would respond. 

Amady Camara would pull a goal back for the hosts three minutes later, with Otar Kiteishvili levelling the scores just before half-time. 

Substitute Marco Asensio had the opportunity to win the encounter late on for the Ligue 1 champions, but Luis Enrique started his pre-season preperations with a draw. 

PSG opened the scoring at the 28 Black Arena through 16-year-old debutant Mbaye, bouncing the ball over the onrushing Daniil Khudiakov after being found by Asensio. 

Soler, who captained the side in Austria, found the target three minutes later when Randal Kolo Muani's cross picked him out unmarked inside the area. 

But Kamara halved the deficit in double quick time, picking the pocket of Naoufel El Hannach on the edge of the area before finishing beyond Matvey Safonov. 

The comeback was completed in the 43rd minute in some style, as Kiteishvili took aim from distance to find the bottom corner. 

Enrique is without some of his top performers in front of goal, but his PSG side had more than enough quality on the pitch to claim victory in Austria. 

The Parisiens accumulated an expected goals (xG) of just 1.06, 0.18 fewer than their opponents. PSG managed nine shots in the encounter, four fewer than Sturm Graz.

16-year-old Mbaye did impress on debut, however, recording the most shots (three), shots on target (two) and touches in the opposition box (four) than anyone in the PSG side. 

Line-ups

Sturm Graz XI: Stankovič, Gregory Wüthrich, Otar Kiteishvili, Dimitri Lavalée, Emanuel Aiwu, Jusuf Gazibegovic, Tomi Horvat, William Bøving, Mika Biereth, Daniil Khudyakov, Amady Camara

Subs: Stefan Hierländer, Manprit Sarkaria, Emir Karic, Niklas Geyrhofer, Amadou Dante, Tochi Chukwuani, Seedy Jatta, Max Johnston, Matteo Bignetti, Leon Grgic, Martin Kern, Arjan Malic, Jacob Hödl

PSG XI: Skriniar, Asensio, Soler, Matvey Safonov, Muani, Kang-in Lee, Gonçalo Ramos, Lucas Beraldo, Yoram Zague, Naoufel El Hannach, Ibrahim Mbaye

Subs: Bradley Barcola, Lucas Lavallée, Cher Ndour, Ayman Kari, Warren Zaïre-Emery, João Neves, Joane Gadou, Gabriel Moscardo