For the first time since the World Cup final, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe teamed up tonight (Sunday) in the Paris Saint-Germain uniform, but it did not help against Rennes, which surprised with a 0:1 and caused the champion’s advantage at the top of the French league to be only three points. The day started with the game in which Lille defeated Troyes 1:5, Monaco surpassed it thanks to a resounding 1:7 over Ajax.
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Run – Paris Saint-Germain 0:1
Before the World Cup, the champion was undefeated for 32 games, since the World Cup, she already has two losses in four rounds. The return of Kylian Mbappe and Ashraf Hakimi did not help Christophe Galtier either, when both of them had the most impact on the loss. The defender failed against Adrian Troffer who scored the winning goal for captain Hamari Traore in the 65th minute, and after four minutes Mbappe wasted a tremendous opportunity to equalize with an uncharacteristic miss.
PSG looked bad again on the ground where they lost 2:0 last season and in fact have not won since September 2018, when Lionel Messi was anemic and Neymar was not overly noticeable either. The one who started for the first time in the lineup is the 16-year-old boy Warren Zaire-Emery, who played in the Champions League against Maccabi Haifa, received minutes as a substitute in other games and this time made history as the youngest player in the history of the Parisians in the league. Unfortunately, it ended in a loss that completely opened the championship fight for Lance and Marseille. Ran shares the fourth place with Monaco and she also did not say the last word in the fight for the tickets to the Champions League.
the progress of the game
28th minute: Kalimuando could have bought his world against the team he came from, but Donnarumma provided a good save.
39th minute: This time Guieri kicked a strong ball outside the area and the Italian goalkeeper saved well.
48 min: Danilo could have given the Parisians the lead, but the veteran Mandanda brilliantly deflected his shot.
55th minute: Galtier put on Mbappe and Hakimi instead of Akitika and Mukiela. Mbappe and Messi together on the field.
56th minute: Croatian Meyer shot a sharp free kick, Donnarumma was ready again and headed.
65th minute: Goal! The host’s two defenders cooperated, when Troffer easily passed Hakimi and prepared from the left for captain Traore, who came from the right and kicked with his left into the net. 0:1 justified to run.
69th minute: Mbappe was left alone in front of Mandanda and had to equalize, but kicked over the crossbar when the goalkeeper was already on the grass.
81st minute: Mbappe lifted from the right, Bernat kicked a half-volley and Mandanda touched the tips of his fingers and deflected over the crossbar.
Monaco – Ajax 1:7
Wissam Ben Yedder scored a hat trick in 14 minutes and led Monaco to its highest victory since the 0:6 home win over Gangan in November 2017 and the first seven since October 2016 (0:7 at Metz). The brakeman Axel Disasi scored from close range (2) followed by Karpin Dieta (7) with Yosef Blaili Tzimek (11) on the other side and then the stage was cleared for the local captain, who scored in the 21st, 28th and 35th minutes with a penalty. It’s the earliest hat-trick in the French top-flight since April 2014, when Bordeaux striker Shake Diabete did it in the 20th minute against Gangan. Berel Embolo entered in the 61st minute and was honored with a pair (63 and 89), with Monaco in fourth place and Ajax below the red line.
Lille – Troyes 1:5
Lille achieved their highest league win of the season with a light celebration and important points as part of the fight for a place in the Champions League. Mohamed Bayou (16, 47) and Jonathan David (45+2, 88) scored doubles, Alain Virginios added in the 75th minute and Mama Balde only sweetened the pill a little for Troyes with a nice goal in the 65th minute.
More games
Montpellier – near 3:0
For Nantes: Andrei Girotto (45+12), Mustafa Mohamed (81), Ludovic Blas (84). Sent off in Montpellier: Wahbi Hazari (42), Eli Wahi (68)
Toulouse – Brest 1:1
To Toulouse: Zakaria Abukhalal (65). LeBrest: Steve Meunier (18)
Angers – Clermont 2:1
Angers: Soufian Boufal (80). For Clermont: Alvesen Rashani (40), Neto Borges (47)
Reims – Nice 0:0
Next week there will be no round in the French league, which will clear the stage in favor of the cup games. PSG’s next league game will be at home against Reims on January 29.