Injury-hit Real Madrid holds PSG 0-0 in Champions League

PARIS (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo could not find the target for Real Madrid and Zlatan Ibrahimovic had an even less impressive performance for Paris Saint-Germain as the Group A leaders drew 0-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Perfect in their two previous group games, PSG and Real produced a largely sterile match at the Parc des Princes.

The three-time defending French champions lacked imagination and pace to break through the 10-time European champions' defense, with Madrid happy to sit back and play on the counterattack.

In the absence of the injured Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and James Rodriguez, Madrid coach Rafael Benitez had to field a largely reshuffled team that still created the best chances.

Both PSG and Real have seven points halfway through the group stage.