LIFT OFF PSG stars rescued by firefighters after being trapped in lift for 50 minutes before RB Leipzig loss in Champions League

FIREFIGHTERS were called to rescue several Paris Saint-Germain stars stuck in a lift before their Champions League loss to RB Leipzig.

Posted Friday, November 06, 2020 by Thesun.co.uk

The Ligue 1 champions were staying in the German city's Steigenberger Grand Hotel while preparing for the match.

LIFT OFF PSG stars rescued by firefighters after being trapped in lift for 50 minutes before RB Leipzig loss in Champions League
Layvin Kurzawa posted footage from inside the lift as team-mates joked outside

LIFT OFF PSG stars rescued by firefighters after being trapped in lift for 50 minutes before RB Leipzig loss in Champions League
Firefighters came to the stars' rescue almost an hour later

After training on Tuesday night, a host of PSG players got into the lift at 9pm.

However, it broke down between two floors and the stars were stuck.

Layvin Kurzawa uploaded footage from inside the lift, revealing that they spent 50 minutes waiting to be rescued.

Also present were Moise Kean, Angel Di Maria, Presnel Kimpembe, Leandro Paredes, Marquinhos, Bandiougou Fadiga, Abdou Diallo, Idrissa Gueye, Colin Dagba and Kays Ruiz-Atil.

An Instagram story showed the troop's PSG colleagues call up through the shaft to check if they were ok.

When one asked who was inside, another outside the lift joked: "Neymar and Mbappe."

Neither striker had travelled to Germany due to injury complaints, with the remark drawing much laughter from those on stable ground.

It is not known whether any player experienced any specific difficulty while trapped in the lift.

LIFT OFF PSG stars rescued by firefighters after being trapped in lift for 50 minutes before RB Leipzig loss in Champions League
Leipzig's Steigenberger GrandHotel was the scene of the incident

LIFT OFF PSG stars rescued by firefighters after being trapped in lift for 50 minutes before RB Leipzig loss in Champions League
Les Parisiens fell to a 2-1 defeat in Germany Credit: EPA

Another of Kurzawa's clips showed three firefighters leaning into the lift with the rescue underway.

Six of the trapped players started Wednesday's shock defeat to Leipzig.

An early goal from Di Maria was not enough as Leipzig scored either side of the break.

PSG's night went from bad to worse when Gueye and Kimpembe were sent off late on - with Les Parisiens left third in Group H after two defeats from three games.