Paris Saint-Germain were closing in on a disappointing start to their Champions League campaign when Nuno Mendes (22) helped nudge Les Parisiens over the line against a resilient FC Girona. In the

There are a few things you need to know about Girona. In 1999, they were playing in the fifth tier. As recently as 2006-07, they were in Spain’s Tercera Division (which back then was the country’s fourth-highest league). Girona, the 11th-most populous city in Catalonia, is not a place known for its sporting achievements.

It took a huge blunder to gift Paris Saint-Germain victory in the first Champions League match of its post-galactico era.