2023-07-28 14:47:47
We will have to wait a little longer to see Neymar return to competition. Wait a bit too to see PSG find success in the land of the rising sun. After the draw (0-0) against Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr, Luis Enrique’s team lost to Cerezo Osaka (3-2), fifth in the J-League, after a match where the Luis Enrique’s troops made many technical errors.
The highlight: bursts of errors
The stifling heat and the omnipresent humidity obviously did not make it easier for the PSG players to face Cerezo Osaka. Their five short days of preparation on Japanese land against a team, fifth in the J-League at the start of the 22nd day, either. The fact remains that the three goals conceded by PSG can be open to discussion as the first or even the second were facilitated by the errors or the lack of combativeness of the Parisians. It was first of all an astonishing disagreement between Danilo and Skriniar which allowed the Belgian Jordi Croux, very happy to see the ball slip between the two PSG defenders and go and deceive Donnarumma from the left (22nd). On the second, it was Lucas Hernandez who, too wait-and-see, was manly dispossessed of the ball on the left flank by Watanabe before the latter offered a caviar to Kitano (67th).
The third is more debatable, since Cher Ndour suffered an obvious fault from Agaï before Kagawa shot Donnarumma (79th).
The player: Hugo Ekitiké
He was singled out, stigmatized, even sometimes even mocked by part of the public last season, for his habit of wanting to do too much. Has Hugo Ekitike started to turn the tide in Osaka? The only certainty is that the former Reims striker was one of the rare satisfactions of this second Parisian outing. Established in point, in a depopulated and rejuvenated sector, the big stake opened the scoring by cutting a shot from Warren Zaire-Emery (17th). He then allowed Vitinha to double the bet by putting him in orbit with a magnificent heel at the entrance to the surface (49th). Released a little after the hour mark, Paris then lacked weight and top speed.
Hugo Ekitiké, with a goal and an assist, succeeded in his match. Icon Sports Icon Sports
The number: 23
23 months and 28 days. An eternity or almost that Layvin Kurzawa had not played a match in the jersey of PSG. Almost two years to the day, after his nine short minutes played in the Champions Trophy final against Rennes (1-0 defeat) on August 1, 2021, Layvin Kurzawa once again defended the colors of PSG this Friday in Osaka. A first tenure since May 9, 2021 in Rennes (1-1) that the one who was loaned last season to Fulham took advantage of to reveal an interesting profile to his new coach, Luis Enrique. In a role of left lane very focused on the offensive, the former Monegasque did not hesitate to press high, to bring the surplus, to create shifts or to center to take back the Japanese defense (8th, 27th) 35th , 39th), before being replaced by young Serif Nhaga.
Osaka-PSG : 3-2 (1-1)
buts. PSG: Ekitiké (17e), Vitinha (49e). Osaka: Croux (22e), Kitano (67e), Kagawa (79e).
Warning. Hernandez (82nd).
PSG. Donnarumma – Marquinhos (cap) (Hakimi, 55e), Skriniar, Danilo Pereira (Hernandez, 64e) – Gharbi, Ugarte (Fabian Ruiz, 64e), Vitinha (N’Dour, 64e), Zaïre-Emery (Verratti, 64e), Kurzawa (Nhaga, 46e) – Asensio (Soler, 46e), Ekitike (Lemina, 64e).
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