author of a double, Mbappé offers victory to a suffering PSG in Brest

2023-10-29 16:20:42

By GF

Published 28 minutes ago, Updated 7 minutes ago

Kylian Mbappé author of a double against Brest. FRED TANNEAU / AFP

Unrecognizable in the second period, the Parisians still snatched the three points from their trip to Brest (3-2) thanks to Kylian Mbappé, author of a double.

Paris SG escaped the Brest trap at the end of the match (3-2) thanks to a double from a cheeky Kylian Mbappé, Sunday for the 10th day of Ligue 1, and placed itself behind provisional leader Nice.

The Parisians (2nd, 21 points) come between Nice (22), winner against Clermont on Friday, and the Monegasques (20) before their match in Lille (3:00 p.m.).

The team “bis» lined up by Luis Enrique (with Barcola, Kang-in Lee, Ruiz, Ramos…) won but it was anything but calm, like an extremely stormy end to the match between the two teams.

Mbappé scored the winning goal from a penalty, in two stages (88th), but was taken aback by the public, whom he chastised for a long time.

Luis Enrique spoke of “trap match», four days after the victory against Milan and at the very end of Finistère, against the 5th in Ligue 1 at kick-off, who made a good start to the season under the leadership of Eric Roy.

And a wind of madness actually blew through this match, literally. The ultras did not think they were saying it so well when they unfurled a “Tonnerre de Brest” banner at the start of the match: less than half an hour later, huge squalls and showers fell on the pitch and the players, to the sound of of the roar of the storm.

A squall which aroused cheers from the public, aware that this capricious weather, to which the people of Brest are accustomed, could be an ally.

Headwinds

But the first flash came in the 16th minute with a shot into the top corner from Warren Zaire-Emery, the “until» Parisian who had already signed a great performance against AC Milan on Wednesday (3-0). He was well served by Bradley Barcola, comfortable dribbling past the Brestois.

Zaire-Emery, 17, said on Wednesday evening that he was now more daring than at the very start of the season: “There will perhaps be turnovers, but also more assists, more goals».

Kylian Mbappé then marked the first part of his double with a goal very similar to his goal against Milan, launched on the counter-attack by a bright pass from Kang-in Lee (28th).

But a recovery from Steve Mounié, left alone at the penalty point by the central Parisian hinge, revived the Red and White just before the break (43rd).

Helped by a galvanized Francis-Le Blé stadium, Stade Brestois continued to press and found the equalizer with a header from Le Douaron (52nd). The PSG players seemed to wonder how they could have gotten themselves into such a mess…

Strikes from Mbappé then Ruiz grazed the cages of Bizot, who himself made two great saves in the first period. PSG could have been in even more difficulty if the Brest attackers had not been clumsy themselves on several occasions in the second half (65th then 68th in particular).

The headwinds stopped when Kolo Muani, coming on in place of Ramos, obtained the winning penalty, after a review of the video assistance.

But the “thunder of Brest” did not let go of the Parisians after the match. The control tower of the airport through which they were to leave was struck by lightning…