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Champions League Power Rankings: PSG shine in matchweek 1

By James Dudko

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 12: Kylian Mbappe of PSG during the UEFA Champions League match between Celtic Glasgow and Paris Saint Germain (PSG) at Celtic Park on September 12, 2017 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 12: Kylian Mbappe of PSG during the UEFA Champions League match between Celtic Glasgow and Paris Saint Germain (PSG) at Celtic Park on September 12, 2017 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images) /
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coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst of Feyenoord during the Dutch Eredivisie match between Heracles Almelo and Feyenoord Rotterdam at Polman stadium on September 09, 2017 in Almelo, The Netherlands(Photo by VI Images via Getty Images)
coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst of Feyenoord during the Dutch Eredivisie match between Heracles Almelo and Feyenoord Rotterdam at Polman stadium on September 09, 2017 in Almelo, The Netherlands(Photo by VI Images via Getty Images) /

31. Feyenoord

Feyenoord should have caused Manchester City some problems on their own patch. Last season’s Eredivisie champions had the players to make things physical in Rotterdam.

Yet manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s players barely laid a glove on Sergio Aguero and Co. A 4-0 scoreline didn’t flatter City, but it did underscore just how bad Feyenoord were in the first week.

There was a lack of bite in midfield, along with no pace to stretch City in attack. In other words, this was a far cry from the team that beat Manchester United at home in last season’s Europa League group stage.

It also looked a million miles from the one good enough to sweep all aside in its domestic league in 2016-17. Van Bronckhorst has a lot of work to do to fix the bleeding ahead of the second matchweek.

Feyenoord waited 15 years to return to the group stage of the Champions League. But the early evidence says the men from Rotterdam still don’t belong.

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