Ferran Torres Hat-Trick Powers PSG to 6-1 Champions League Win

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Ferran Torres scored a hat-trick as Paris Saint-Germain opened their 2026-27 UEFA Champions League campaign with a 6-1 victory over Slovan Bratislava at the Parc des Princes. The official PSG match report records Torres scoring in the 31st, 47th and 57th minutes, after Ousmane Dembele had struck twice in the opening 23 minutes. Fabian Ruiz completed the home side's scoring late in the match.

Paris established control before halftime. Dembele made the breakthrough in the 17th minute and added his second six minutes later, taking his Champions League total for PSG to 20 goals according to the club's live account. Torres then made it 3-0 in the 31st minute, giving the hosts a commanding advantage at the interval. PSG reported 72 percent possession shortly before the break, a measure of how firmly they controlled the ball.

The pattern continued immediately after the restart. Akliouche moved in from the right and supplied Torres at the edge of the penalty area for the forward's second goal in the 47th minute. Torres completed his hat-trick 10 minutes later by meeting a corner from close range at the near post. UEFA selected the Spain international as player of the match, and he left to an ovation when replaced in the 73rd minute.

Slovan's Suleiman Camara scored in the 59th minute, cutting the deficit to 5-1 with a finish into the far top corner after entering the penalty area from the left. That response did not alter the result. Ruiz restored the five-goal margin in the 88th minute after Slovan failed to clear a short-corner sequence. PSG's official report listed the final possession split at 73 percent to 27 percent.

Why it matters

The result gives PSG three points and a major positive goal difference after the opening match of the Champions League league phase. In a competition where teams are ranked together before the knockout rounds, a five-goal winning margin offers value beyond the immediate victory. It also represents an emphatic start for Torres in his first home appearance for Paris at the Parc des Princes.

Dembele's early double and Torres' three goals showed that PSG did not need to rely on one route to goal. The hosts scored in settled attacks, after combination play and from a corner, while Akliouche registered his first assist for the club on the fourth goal. PSG also maintained control after making four substitutions together in the 64th minute and a fifth nine minutes later.

Tournament impact

PSG ended the night at least provisionally top of the 36-team league-phase table, according to the club's match coverage. That position will change as the rest of the opening fixtures are completed, but the scale of the win has given Paris a strong first entry in the standings. Slovan leave Paris without a point and with a difficult early goal-difference deficit to repair.

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The next question is whether Torres can carry this finishing form into PSG's coming fixtures. His hat-trick followed a first half in which Dembele had already placed the match under Parisian control, giving the coaching staff several productive attacking combinations to consider. PSG return to domestic action away to Brest on Sunday before their Champions League schedule resumes.

Source note

The score, scorers, timing, possession figures, substitutions and player-of-the-match detail come from Paris Saint-Germain's official live match report published on 9 September 2026: https://www.psg.fr/matchs/football-masculin/20262027/paris-vs-slovan-2026-09-09