It may have been a tale of a superpower club taking on the supposed minnows on one of the biggest stages of them all, but the night undoubtedly belonged to Club Bruges and not Paris Saint-Germain.
In fact, it was PSG who were made to look ordinary, and in the end they were forced to settle for a point in a limp start to the Champions League. They can have no gripes about that, either, as Bruges were deserving of the draw.
Followers of football will rightly point out that the occasion and the raucous atmosphere in Belgium are exactly why the ill-fated European Super League was doomed from the start, and it is hard to disagree.
These fairytale stories, the tales of David facing up to Goliath, are what keeps the magic in football. This was no different, especially considering the remarkable gulf in the finances of the two clubs.
PSG, after all, are state-owned and bankrolled luxuriously as they swoop in for the greatest players on the planet. As for Bruges, they can only dream of reaching such heights, but they remain competitive regardless.
Here, Sportsmail takes a closer look at the riches available to the two teams.
Club Bruges fought back to take a point against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League
Neymar (left) and Lionel Messi (right) were unable to work their magic during the shock draw
RECORD TRANSFER
Where better place to start than the numbers that truly reveal the extent of a club's might?
In this case, PSG have splashed out the world record fee on a transfer, while Bruges currently fall far, far below that.
Neymar, who moved to the Parc des Princes for £198million, can boast of being the most expensive player in history - and PSG, with all their resources, made it work.
As for Bruges, the highest sum they paid to recruit was £8.1m, spent on bringing in Kamal Sowah from Leicester this summer.
Having played all 92 minutes of last night's tie, Sowah delivered a glittering performance, overshadowing the likes of Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe.
Superstar Neymar is PSG's, and the world's, most expensive transfer after joining for £198m
Kamal Sowah (right) is Bruges' most expensive addition, having arrived for just over £8million
WAGE BILL
The two wage bills, when laid out side-by-side, also make for staggering reading.
PSG spend just over £202m per year on the salaries for their players, according to Salary Sport, with a figure of £3.9m per week.
Their highest earner, unsurprisingly, is Neymar. His contract extraordinary sees him bank around £600,000 every week.
Bruges, meanwhile, have a collective wage bill total of £17.9m per year. Their weekly figure stands at £343,640.
And as for their highest earner, that title belongs to former Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, who rakes in £63,000 per week.
PSG spend just over £202m per year on the salaries for their players, according to Salary Sport
Bruges have a collective wage bill total of £17.9m per year, and splash out £343,640 per week
VALUE OF OWNERS
PSG are owned by Qatari Sports Investments (QSI), which is a subsidiary of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, Qatar Investment Authority.
Businessman Nasser Al-Khelaifi heads up QSI and has a net worth of $8billion (£5.8bn), allowing the club to pump out sky high fees as they please.
The worth of QSI overall, however, is $338bn (£245bn).
Bruges' majority shareholder, and president, is Bart Verhaeghe. His estimated fortune is believed to stand at around €416m (£354m).
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