Live report, half time: Lyon – PSG 1:0

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After its victory in the Semi Ofer over Maccabi Haifa and the entire festival around it in Israel, Paris Saint-Germain returns to the local arena. Christophe Galtier’s team wants to return to the top, and at this time meets Lyon, and knows that a win will take them to first place at the expense of Marseille.

Lyon, for its part, knows that a victory will bring them only a point away from fourth place, is one of the teams that traditionally make PSG the most difficult. Since 2011, in 11 league games between the teams, the balance stands at four wins for each team, and three draw results.

first half
PSG started in control and already in the 6th minute took the lead, after a great collaboration between Neymar and Leo Messi, which ended in the Argentinian’s goal. The guest continued to be better and was close to scoring the second, but Mbappe and Messi were unable to translate good situations into a goal. Lyon recovered from the shock in the 20th minute and almost equalized, but Alexandre Lacazette’s shot from outside the box narrowly missed the frame.

In the 33rd minute, Paris again came close to doubling the lead, but Kylian Mbappe’s tremendous break on the line ended in just a corner. Three minutes to the end of the first half, Neymar tested Antonio Lopes with a kick from about 20 meters, the goalkeeper reacted well and headed.

PSG composition: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Ashraf Hakimi, Sergio Ramos, Marquinhos, Danilo Pereira, Nuno Mendes, Fabian Ruiz, Marco Verratti, Leo Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe

Lyon composition: Anthony Lopes, Melo Gusto, Thiago Mendes, Castelo Lucca, Nicolas Tagliafico, Tate, Corentin Tolisso, Maxence Cakra, Toko Ekambi, Moussa Dembele and Alexandre Lacazette

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