On the bench, sheltered, not even hot Kylian Mbappé, victim of a very tough tackle last Wednesday in the French Cup, reserved this Saturday against Lille for the Champions League against Real Sociedad and one more spectator of the comeback of the PSG, who also knows how to win without their fantastic star (3-1).
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He was not the only one who did not play in the duel on the twenty-first day at the Parc des Princes. Neither Donnarumma nor Marquinhos did so. Achraf Hakimi, Zaire-Emery and Vitinha came on in the second half. PSG did not need them, the undisputed leader of the French classification, which awaits from the top, already eleven points ahead, this Sunday’s duel between Nice, second, against Monaco, fifth.
It was enough for PSG without them in the starting eleven or without using them to defeat the current fourth-place team, the only rival that has won the ‘Ligue 1’ in the last six years. to a Lille that suddenly found itself with a goal in favor at full speed.
In five minutes. Tiago Santos’ overwhelming maneuver on the right wing of the visitor’s attack on Beraldo caused it all. His dribble at the edge of the line, benefiting from the rebound, led him to the center. One rebound later, Yacizi connected with the loose ball inside the area with his left foot due to the inability of Keylor Navas to oppose destiny. The Costa Rican goalkeeper had not played at the Parque de los Príncipes since May 2022.
The 0-1 management was disastrous. Pointlessly, Lille ruined their own lead. First, the nonsense in the release of Alexsandro’s ball, cut by Fabián. The recovery activated Dembélé in the play, who gave the 1-1 to Gonçalo Ramos. Barely four minutes had passed between them. The ninth assist for the French winger and the seventh success for the Portuguese striker. He had not scored in Ligue 1 since November.
Then, at 2-1, with a center from Fabián Ruiz that circulated through the area, between Alexsandro’s mistake, the inattention of the others, Gonçalo Ramos’ inability to reach it and the parable to which the player was not attracted either. goalkeeper Chevalier, motionless because he was waiting for a shot that no one connected. Minute 16. The comeback was already irrefutable. Simple inertia. The play had arisen from a horrible shot by Gonçalo Ramos that was going for a throw-in.
Chevalier’s save with his right foot, on the verge of half-time, postponed the game’s decision, as it also did later against Mukiele, until Barcola, overwhelming, unreachable, decided that it was time to end the match. His exciting individual play on the left wing ended with the pass to Kolo Muani, making it 3-1 and the game. Mbappé saw it all from the bench. On Wednesday, Real Sociedad.